Kavita Sarin, MD, PhD

I am a physician-scientist who has trained in genome science. My research has focused on mechanisms that coordinate the activities of large number of genes in cell fate control. We made a series of discoveries that introduced the important and pervasive roles of long noncoding RNAs in biological regulation. My group has substantial experience in epigenetics and RNA biology, including invention of new methods for epigenomic profiling, map RNA occupancy on chromatin, and define RNA structures genome-wide. My group pioneered methods to identify key regulators of large-scale transcriptional programs; these methods have been highly fruitful for studies of development, cancer, and aging.

Dr. Sunwoo was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his training in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University. Dr. Sunwoo has been at Stanford University since 2008, and his clinical focus is on the surgical management of head and neck cancer, specifically focusing on melanoma and neoplasms of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. He is a member of the Pigmented Lesions and Melanoma Clinic and the Melanoma Working Group at Stanford. He is also the co-founder of the Stanford Thyroid and Parathyroid Tumor Board.In addition to his clinical work, Dr.

My research has focused on rare, monogenetic skin diseases such as Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and Gorlin Syndrome (Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome). With my PhD training in basic science, post-doctoral fellowship in clinical research, and residency in dermatology, I am committed to improving the lives of EB patients, to correct their underlying genetic disease and to offer new treatments for their skin and esophageal wounds. I was the PI of the investigator-initiated, Phase 1/2A clinical trial of autologous gene-therapy skin grafts for RDEB (Pz-cel, EB-101, previously called LEAES).