Assistant Professor Pediatrics and Stem Cell Biology
Pediatrics
I am a neuroscientist, a vascular biologist, and a physician in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. My lab, the Neurovascular Development lab at crouchlab.ucsf.edu, studies how brain blood vessels grow and interact with other brain cells. In part, this interest is inspired from the preterm babies that I care for clinically. Approximately 20% of preterm babies born between 24-28 gestation weeks will develop germinal matrix hemorrhage (GMH). This hemorrhage can cause hydrocephalus, cerebral palsy, and death, and unfortunately there are currently no treatments.
We are hiring curious, collaborative, and courageous scientists at all levels. Projects range from mechanistic studies of brain vascular development to bioinformatics analyses to qualitative work with families of children affected by neonatal loss. Of note, work from Scott Page and others have described that groups of diverse problem solvers can outperform groups of high-ability problem solvers (Hong et al, PNAS 2015). With the goal of building a vibrant, diverse group of scientists, women and folks from groups traditionally under-represented in science encouraged to apply. Of note, Betsy completed the UCSF Inclusive Mentor training (which is also simply good mentor/manager training!) Email elizabeth.crouch (at) ucsf.edu.
