We are a group of research scientists dedicated to:
- Understanding the role of iron in human health and disease
- Improving the diagnosis of iron disorders
- Developing better medications for common and rare iron disorders
Center for Iron Disorders
About the Center for Iron Disorders
Research areas
- Control of intestinal iron absorption from food
- Storage of iron in the liver and the spleen
- Distribution of iron among cells and tissues
- Regulation of iron supply for red blood cell production
- Consequences of iron deficiency
- Mechanisms of damage by excess iron
- Iron in pregnancy and fetal development
Diseases of special interest:
- Anemia of inflammation
- Anemia of chronic kidney disease
- Anemia of cancer
- Iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia
- Hereditary hemochromatosis
- Thalassemia (Cooley’s Anemia)
- Cardiovascular and neurological disorders associated with iron dysregulation
Staff
Faculty
Tomas Ganz
MD PhD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pathology
tganz@mednet.ucla.edu
Elizabeta Nemeth
PhD
Professor of Medicine, Director, UCLA Center for Iron Disorders
enemeth@mednet.ucla.edu
Mark Hanudel
MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
mhanudel@mednet.ucla.edu
Airie Kim
MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care
airiekim@mednet.ucla.edu
Yonca Bulut
MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care
ybulut@mednet.ucla.edu
Nicolaos Palaskas
MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
npalaskas@mednet.ucla.edu
Shilpa Sharma
MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
ShilpaSharma@mednet.ucla.edu
Veena Sangkhae
PhD
Assistant Professor
vsangkhae@mednet.ucla.edu
Fellows
Richard Coffey
PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
rscoffey1@gmail.com
Brian Czaya
PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
BCzaya@mednet.ucla.edu
Joseph Olivera
PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
JOlivera@mednet.ucla.edu
Graduate students
Vida Zhang
vzhang@mednet.ucla.edu
Daniel Srole
dsrole@mednet.ucla.edu
Gabriel Karin
gkarin@mednet.ucla.edu
- Victoria Gabayan
- Bo Qiao
- Shirley Wong
- Allison Fisher, PhD
- Peter Ruchala, PhD
- Joanne Mordechai
- Shweta Namjoshi, MD
- Debora Stefanova, PhD
- Sharraya Aschemeyer, PhD
- Erika Valore, MS
- Rose Linzmeier, PhD
- Eileen Fung, PhD
- Joshua Zaritsky, MD PhD
- Emilio Ramos, PhD
- Gloria Preza, PhD
- Julia Goodnough Ramos, MD PhD
- Lan Lin, PhD
- Michela Corbella
- Cecilia D'Anna, PhD
- Jason Hsu
- Seth Rivera, MD PhD
- Dana Shprung, MD
- Donald Matt Limbrick
- Ken Maes, PhD
- Rogelio Pinon, MD
- Matthew Hakimi, MD
- Yen Phung, PharmD
- Miguel Lopez, PhD
- Dharma Thapa, PhD
- Martha Pastuszka, PhD
- Yelena Neyman, MD
- Cindy Pak, MD
- Christina Park
- Joao Arezes, PhD
- Eileen Fung, PhD
- Rose Linzmeier, PhD
- Kristine Chua
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