Current Advisory Council Members (NANDSC)

Susan Axelrod (2010)
President and Founder, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy

Robi Blumenstein (2009)
President, MRSSI

Emery N. Brown, M.D., Ph.D. (2012)
Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Professor of Computational Neuroscience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Professor of Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Lucie Bruijn, Ph.D. (2010)
Science Director and Vice President, The ALS Association

Ralph G. Dacey, Jr., M.D. (2010)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University

Robert M. Friedlander, M.D. (2012)
Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery
Associate Professor in Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Katie Hood, M.B.A. (2012)
Chief Executive Officer, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

Francisco Gonzalez-Scarano, M.D., (2008)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania

Edgar Kenton, M.D., (2010)
Expert in Stroke and Neurological Disease, Atlanta, Georgia

Geoffrey S. F., Ling M.D., Ph.D.
Ex Officio Member, Director, Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, USUHS

John D. Loeser, M.D. (2008)
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Washington

Prisca Chen Marvin J.D., (2008)
Past Chairman, Board of Trustees, National Alliance for Autism Research

Helen S. Mayberg, M.D. (2009)
Professor, Psychiatry and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine

Laura R. Ment, M.D., (2009)
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine

Luis Parada, Ph.D. (2011)
Professor and Chair, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Cindy K. Parseghian (2011)
President, Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation

Timothy A. Pedley, M.D. (2011)
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

John Povlishock, Ph.D. (2011)
Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University

Louis J. Ptácek, M.D. (2012)
Director, Division of Neurogenetics
John C. Coleman Distinguished Professorship in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Professor, Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco

Robert L. Ruff, M.D., Ph.D.
Ex Officio Member, Acting Director, Rehabilitation R&D Service, Veterans Affairs Central Office

Caroline M. Tanner, M.D., Ph.D. (2009)
Director of Clinical Research, The Parkinson's Institute

David C. Van Essen, Ph.D. (2008)
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Gary L. Westbrook, M.D. (2010)
Co-Director, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University

Vicky Holets Whittemore, Ph.D. (2011)
Director of Science, Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance