Dr. Eric Vilain, M.D., UCLA Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Urology

Dr.Eric Vilain, M.D. is a Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Urology at UCLA, and the Director of the Institute for Society and Genetics. He is also Chief of Medical Genetics, and an attending physician in the Department of Pediatrics. His laboratory explores the genetics of sexual development and sex differences, focusing on the molecular mechanisms of gonad development, as well as on the genetic determinants of brain sexual differentiation. An internationally renowned expert in the field of gender-based biology, he has identified a large number of mutations in sex-determining genes, developed animal models with atypical sexual development, and identified novel mechanisms of sex differences in the brain. Dr. Vilain received his Ph.D. from the Pasteur Institute and his MD from Faculté de Médecine Necker -- Enfants Malades