Meet the Team
![UCLA Spore in Brain Cancer team](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3x2_024000_960x640/public/images/13/ucla-spore-brain-cancer-team-group-shot-2017.jpg?h=2a93bbe8&f=e6114462&itok=DzszVlT8)
As a designated SPORE site, the UCLA SPORE in Brain Cancer brings together scientists and clinicians to translate basic research from the laboratories into patient clinical trials much more quickly and effectively. Our team includes the best and brightest minds in brain tumor care and working together, we seamlessly deliver innovative and personalized treatment for complex tumors.
To learn more about the UCLA Brain Tumor Center and brain cancer care at UCLA, please visit the UCLA Brain Tumor Center page.
![Dr. Linda Liau](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/bb/linda-liau-1.jpg?h=57985f58&f=785bb556&itok=3iHAgFrj)
Linda Liau, MD, PhD, MBA
Overall Principal Investigator/Program Director
Career Enhancement Program Director
Administrative Core Director
Project 1 Co-Leader
Project 4 Co-Leader
![Aparna Bhaduri](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/0f/bhaduri-aparna-889.jpg?h=a61594ae&f=11aca497&itok=QHdgbZct)
Aparna Bhaduri, PhD
Biospecimen Core
![Yvonne Chen](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/yvonne%20chen.png?h=b65086ea&itok=aAhIS4O_)
Yvonne Chen, PhD
Project 4 Co-Leader
![picture of dr. cloughesy](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/77/cloughesy_2.jpg?f=cd6328d8&itok=Xy1a-frj)
Timothy Cloughesy, MD
Project 2 Co-Leader
Administrative Core Co-Leader
![Dr. Johannes Czernin](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/e0/johannes-czernin-1.jpg?h=fe430215&f=f61f36b7&itok=U86wyvs5)
Johannes Czernin, MD
Neuroimaging Core Co-Director
![Dr. Benjamin Ellingson](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/db/benjamin-ellingson-1.jpg?h=57985f58&f=4886a0b6&itok=G9MbdlEg)
Benjamin Ellingson, PhD
Neuroimaging Core Director
![Thomas Graeber](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Thomas-Graeber.jpg?h=683f3ac6&itok=PhH8KHxR)
Thomas Graeber, PhD
Bioinformatics Core Director
![Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/6d/harley-kornblum-md-phd-1.jpg?f=5fa26b25&itok=KdfaO0Fn)
Harley Kornblum, MD, PhD
Biospecimen Core Co-Director
![Gang Li, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/de/gang-li-phd-1.jpg?f=da60d713&itok=4tW4q9u6)
Gang Li, PhD
Biostatistics Core Director
![David A. Nathanson](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/d6/nathanson-david-715.jpg?h=21d43cea&f=e3598db7&itok=X3Fhkk3z)
David Nathanson, PhD
Project 2 Co-Leader
![picture of dr. nghiemphu](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/43/nghiemphu_1.jpg?h=69ae4023&f=81bdddbe&itok=daEgRAPA)
Phioanh Leia Nghiemphu, MD
Project 4 Co-Leader
![Robert M. Prins, PhD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/Robert-Prins_2.jpg?h=3b906125&itok=MP4ZM1mZ)
Robert M. Prins, PhD
Project 1 Co-Leader
Administrative Core Co-Leader
Developmental Research Program Director
![Fausto J. Rodriguez, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/rodriguez-fausto-1912979204.jpg?h=0892264c&f=cbbc320f&itok=FyLY-SW2)
Fausto J. Rodriguez, MD
Biospecimen Core Director
![Diana Moughon](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/27/moughon-diana.png?f=e90b81a6&itok=p7R55hB7)
Diana Moughon
Executive Manager