Work Email Address:
jrao@mednet.ucla.edu
Fax Number:
310.825.7795
Work Phone Number:
310-206-8477x15090
310.794.1567
Laboratory Address:
Factor 10-655
Mailing Address:
UCLA Path & Lab Med
BOX 951732, 10-952 Factor Bldg.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Work Address:
Factor 10-952
CAMPUS - 173216
CA
Affiliations |
Chief, Cytopathology, Gynecologic Pathology |
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Surgical Pathology, Genitourinary Pathology, UCLA Program on Genomics and Nutrition |
Member, Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology GPB Home Area, California NanoSystems Institute, JCCC Molecular Epidemiology Program Area, Molecular Pharmacology GPB Home Area |
Faculty, BWF-IT-MD, Center for Metabolic Disease Prevention |
Dr. J Rao is an internationally renowned cytopathologist and established investigator in cancer molecular epidemiology and biomarker studies. Prior to be a pathologist, he was already an established molecular epidemiologist involved in multiple high profile cancer prevention studies. He completed his anatomic/clinical pathology residency and cytopathology fellowship at UCLA, and joined the UCLA Department of Pathology as a faculty in 1999. Dr. J. Rao is a full professor and the director of Cytopathology, the director of gynecological pathology, and the medical director of cytotechnology school. He has dual appointments in pathology and epidemiology. He is particularly well known for urine cytology, especially in utilizing biomarkers as adjunct for detecting bladder cancer. He has been invited to be a speaker for over 100 meetings and occasions locally, nationally and internationally for topics including cancer chemoprevention, biomarkers, urine cytology, Fine Needle Aspiration cytology, and gynecological pathology. Dr. Rao has an active role in teaching and research, with continuous funding from NIH or other agencies for cancer biomarker and prevention studies in the last 20 years, with over 100 peer-reviewed research publications. He is also interested in developing new technologies for pathology especially cytopathology, including imaging analysis, nanotechnology and telepathology.