For general inquiries:

Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
2250 Alcazar Street – CSA 103
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Mail code: 9062

Phone: (323) 442-3170
Fax: (323) 442-2981
Email: lhatteme@usc.edu (Ms. Linda Hattemer, Executive Assistant to the Director)


CCMB is located on the University of Southern California’s Health Sciences Campus (HSC), which is just three miles from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles from the USC University Park Campus (UPC).

USC Interactive Map
CCMB is located within the Clinical Sciences Annex (CSA)

Driving Directions:

10 (Santa Monica Freeway) East
Exit at Soto Street and turn left.
Turn left on Alcazar Street.
Turn left on Playground Street.

10 (Santa Monica Freeway) West
Exit at Soto Street and turn right.
Turn left on Alcazar Street.
Turn left on Playground Street.

5 (Golden State/Santa Ana Freeway) South
Exit at Mission Road and turn left.
Turn right on Zonal Avenue.
Turn left on San Pablo Street
Turn right on Alcazar Street.
Turn right on Playground Street.

5 (Golden State/Santa Ana Freeway) North
Transition to the 10 (Santa Monica Freeway) east.
Exit at Soto Street and turn left.
Turn left on Alcazar Street.
Turn left on Playground Street.

101 (Ventura Freeway) South
Transition to the 10 (Santa Monica Freeway) east.
Exit at State Street /Soto Street.
Proceed across State Street onto the onramp, and bear right to exit at Soto Street.
Turn left on Alcazar Street.
Turn left on Playground Street.

710 (Long Beach Freeway) North or South
Transition to the 10 (Santa Monica Freeway) west.
Exit at Soto Street and turn right.
Turn left on Alcazar Street.
Turn left on Playground Street.

Huntington Drive (Pasadena, West San Gabriel Valley)
Follow Huntington Drive west until it divides into Mission Road and Soto Street.
Bear left onto Soto Street and proceed to Alcazar Street. Turn right.
Turn left on Playground Street.