Melissa Spencer
Professor of Neurology and Neuromuscular Program Directorogram Director
Email: MSpencer@mednet.ucla.eduWebsites
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Muscular dystrophy, gene therapy, AAV capsid engineering, immune response to AAV
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/melissa.spencer.1/bibliography/public/
EDUCATION
B.S. UCLA Kinesiology, Ph.D. UCLA Physiological Science
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2001 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), awarded by President George W. Bush.
2018 Department of Neurology “Golden Hammer Award” (mentoring award)