Dr. Saul Villeda - Principal Investigator

Positions

2012 – Present

UCSF Faculty Fellow (find out more)

Education

2004 – 2010	Stanford University Medical School Doctor of Philosophy in Neurosciences
1999 – 2004	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bachelor of Science in Physiological Science, Cum Laude

Research Training

2010 – 2012	Stanford Wyss-Coray Postdoctoral Fellow (find out more) Research Project: Young blood enhances synaptic plasticity and cognitive function in the old brain
2010	Woods Hole MBL Course on the Molecular Biology of Aging Aging research course sponsored by the Ellison Medical Foundation surveying molecular, cellular and genetic approaches
2007 – 2010	Stanford Wyss-Coray Lab Graduate Student Researcher Research Project: Molecular changes in the aging systemic milieu negatively regulate neurogenesis and cognitive function
2005 – 2006	Stanford Brunet Lab Graduate Student Researcher (find out more) Research Project: The pro-longevity FoxO family of transcription factors regulates adult neural stem cell homeostasis
2003	UCSF Science Research Training Program (SRTP) Research internship in the Basbaum lab studying acute chemical and mechanical nociception
2002 – 2004	UCLA Phelps Lab Undergraduate Researcher (find out more) Research Project: Disruption of Reelin signaling results in aberrant spinal cord development and nociceptive processing

Fellowships

2009 - 2011	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship (F31AG034045-02)
2005 – 2009	National Science Foundation Graduate Research Predoctoral Fellowship (Accepted)
2005	Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (Awarded)
2002 – 2004	MARC U*STAR Undergraduate Research Fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health

Honors and Awards

2012	NIH Director's Early Independence Award (find out more)
2011	Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation & Translational Neurosciences Sammy Kuo Research Award
2011	Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Road Scholar Aging Research Award Finalist
2006	MARC U*STAR Undergraduate Research Fellowship sponsored by the National Institutes of Health
2004	Elma Gonzalez UCLA Dean’s award in Research
2004	UCLA College Honors and Departmental Honors in Physiological Sciences
2002	Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Poster Presentation Award in Physiology
2001	UCLA Vice Provost Award for Service – in recognition for mentorship of underrepresented minority students
1999	Ralphe J. Bunche UCLA Alumni Scholarship
1999	Bausch and Lamb Award in Science
1999	Bank of America Award in mathematics and science
1999	Latino Heritage Award