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New UCSF Faculty, November 2009

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Michael A. Fischbach
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Site(s): Mission Bay
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Website: http://www.fischbachgroup.org/
Degrees: AB Harvard College 2003; PhD Harvard University 2007
Research interests: Identification and characterization of small molecules from microbes; chemical interactions among human-associated microbes and between humans and their microbiome
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Nasim Sabery Khavari
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pediatrics
Division: Gastroenterology
Site(s): Parnassus
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Phone number: 476-5892
Degrees: MD, University of Minnesota; MPH, Harvard University
Previous position(s): Pediatric Residency, Stanford University, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital; Gastroenterology Fellowship, Harvard University, Children's Hospital Boston
Clinical interests: Celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, general pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
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Todd Nystul
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Anatomy and OB/Gyn & RS
Site(s): Parnassus
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Phone number: 476-6883
Degrees: BS, UC San Diego; PhD, University of Washington
Previous position(s): Post-doctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Institute of Science, Allan Spradling Lab
Research interests: Epithelial stem cells, epithelial cancer, reproductive biology
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Martin P.  Powers
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division: Molecular Diagnostics
Site(s): China Basin
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Phone number: 514-8980
Website: http://pathology.ucsf.edu/about/faculty/pathology-mpowers.html
Degrees: MD, University of Michigan; MA, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Previous position(s): Clinical Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine
Research interests: New test development and novel genetic and genomic tools as applied to molecular biology in clinical oncology
Clinical interests: Molecular diagnostics in oncology
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Edward Thornborrow
Title: Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor; Director, UCSF Clinical Laboratories at Mount Zion
Department: Laboratory Medicine
Site(s): Mount Zion / Parnassus
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Website: http://labmed.ucsf.edu/about/faculty/labmed-ethornborrow.html
Degrees: MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Previous position(s): Hematopathology Fellow, UCSF; Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, UCSF
Research interests: Identifying novel diagnostic and prognostic markers in hematopoietic malignancies
Clinical interests: Hematopathology