The Department of Anatomy includes 19 faculty members with primary full-time appointments, 15 faculty with joint appointments, and about 200 postdoctoral fellows and students engaged in research that covers questions in cell biology, developmental biology and the neurosciences. Faculty have laboratories at both the Parnassus Heights campus, where there is a focus of interest in cancer biology, and at the Mission Bay campus, where many of the neurobiology faculty are located. The administrative office of the Department is located at the Parnassus Heights campus. Anatomy faculty and staff are committed to building a diverse community that is welcoming and supportive, one that will nurture education and research.
Awards
The department of Anatomy congratulates:
Dr. Licia Selleri on being named a Fellow of the American Association for Anatomy 2025
Dr. Allan Basbaum on receiving the SfN Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience 2024
Drs. Dana Rohde, Gregory Kincheloe, and Madeleine Norris on receiving the UCSF SOM 2023-2024 Bridges Curriculum – Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards
Dr. Roarke Kamber on being named a Searle Scholar 2024