The Hope Center Steering Committee is comprised of Hope Center faculty who provide advice and guidance on operations of the Center including funding, core facilities and research programs. Below are the current Steering Committee members.
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Marc Diamond, MD
David Clayson Professor of Neurology
Therapeutic Mechanisms in Human Disease: Polyglutamine Disease Pathogensis and Protein Misfolding in Tauopathy Read More
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Alison Goate, DPhil
Samuel & Mae S Ludwig Professor of Genetics in Psychiatry
Genetic and genomic approaches to uncovering susceptibility to neurological and psychiatric diseases Read More
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Phyllis Hanson, MD, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology
Protein-protein and protein-membrane interactions in neuronal membrane trafficking Read More
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David Holtzman, MD
Andrew B & Gretchen P Jones Professor of Neurology
Cellular/Molecular/Biomarker studies of Alzheimer’s Disease and neonatal brain injury Read More
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Eugene Johnson, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Biological function and pharmacological potential of GFL neurotrophic factors Read More
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Jeffrey Milbrandt, MD, PhD
James S McDonnell Professor of Genetics
Axonal degeneration, regulation of myelination, neuronal energetics and mitochondrial function in neuropathy and neurodegenerative disease Read More
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Karen O’Malley, PhD
Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Mechanisms underlying the specification, regulation and neurodegeneration of dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems Read More
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Anneliese Schaefer, JD, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Neurology
Pathological changes of axons, motor units and neuromuscular junctions in motor neuron disease Read More
