Work Email Address:
sbensinger@mednet.ucla.edu
Lab Number:
310 206-1016
Office Phone Number:
310-825-9885
Mailing Address:
Box 951735
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Office Address:
615 Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Affiliations |
Director, Immunity, Inflammation, Infection, & Transplantation (I3T) Research Initiative |
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular & Medical Pharmacology |
Member, Cell & Developmental Biology GPB Home Area, I3T Theme, Immunity, Microbes & Molecular Pathogenesis GPB Home Area, JCCC Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program Area, Molecular Pharmacology GPB Home Area |
Dr. Bensinger is the Sherie and Donald Morrison Chair in Immunology at UCLA. He is a Professor of two departments: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics; and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology. He received his B.A. from Rice University, his Veterinary Medical Degree (V.M.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Immunology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Bensinger’s thesis work was focused on the development and function of CD4 regulatory T cells. He subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with Dr. Peter Tontonoz, where he examined the impact of cholesterol metabolism on lymphocyte function and adaptive immunity. Dr. Bensinger established his own laboratory at UCLA in 2008. His laboratory uses state of the art technology to understand how metabolism influences the immune system in health and disease. Dr. Bensinger is a thought leader in the field of immunometabolism and lipid biology. He has previously served as Director of Shared Resources at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Director of the Inflammation, Immunology, Infection, and Transplant research theme at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Bensinger currently also serves as Director of the UCLA Lipidomics Laboratory.