Assistant Professor
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Steven J. Jonas MD/PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, California NanoSystems Institute, Eli & Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell Research, and the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. He also serves as an attending physician on the pediatric hematology/oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation service at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital where he directs the care of patients undergoing treatment for pediatric sarcomas and other childhood malignancies. He is a physician scientist with a broad background in pediatrics, pediatric hematology/oncology, materials science, bioengineering, and stem cell biology & regenerative medicine. His multidisciplinary research program targets the design and implementation of nanotechnology-enabled methods that support the childhood cancer and regenerative medicine research communities in accelerating the discovery and implementation of innovative cellular therapeutic and precision medicine-based diagnostic strategies.