Amander Clark

Amander Clark is the founding director of the UCLA Center for Reproductive Science Health & Education and professor of molecular cell and developmental biology. Clark is an internationally recognized expert on topics in stem cell biology and reproductive science. Results from her lab provide the basis for engineering models of the ovary to understand ovarian development in utero as well as ovarian disease and dysfunction. Clark has authored over 100 scientific articles and is regularly invited to appear as a subject matter expert for The New York Times, The Economist, The New Yorker, and National Public Radio. She serves on the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine Board of Health Sciences Policy and as president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, a global non-profit that promotes excellence in stem cell science and applications to human health.