Senta Georgia

Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Stem Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Senta Georgia is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.  She earned her BS from Stanford University and PhD from UCLA.  Her career has focused on how insulin-producing beta cells contribute to pathogenesis of diabetes. Her pre- and post-doctoral studies focused on the role of cell cycle molecules and DNA methylation in beta cell differentiation, expansion, and regeneration.  Currently, her lab uses multiple model systems to understand the beta cell differentiation, metabolism, identity, regeneration, and function in the context of good health and disease.

As a product of multiple pipeline programs designed to diversify STEM disciplines, Dr. Georgia is deeply committed to promoting equitable practices to increase representation of students from diverse backgrounds in the biosciences.  She is the Director of Admissions for the Program in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, the first-year umbrella program for Ph.D students at the Keck School of Medicine at USC. Additionally, she is the Director of the USC COMPASS program, which is a 2 year research intensive program to prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds for careers in regenerative medicine.