Melissa Spencer

BIOENGINEERING

Professor of Neurology and Neuromuscular Program Directorogram Director

Email: MSpencer@mednet.ucla.edu

Websites

Spencer Lab
UCLA Health Profile

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Muscular dystrophy, gene therapy, AAV capsid engineering, immune response to AAV

NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

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)