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Our Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee is comprised of highly distinguished scientists working in the fields of neurosurgery, molecular neuro-oncology, neurology, neuro-pathology, immunology, genetics, and radiology.
 

W. K. Alfred Yung, M.D. (Chair)
Professor and Chairman
Department of Neuro-Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas

Jeffry R. Alger, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology
Department of Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center

Daniel J. Brat, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Emory University Hospital

Xandra O. Breakefield, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Geneticist in Neurology, Center for Human Genetics Research
Massachusetts General Hospital

E. Antonio Chiocca, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman of Department of Neurological Surgery
Dardinger Family Professor of Oncologic Neurosurgery
Co-director, Dardinger Center for Neuro-oncology and Neurosciences
James Cancer Hospital/Solove Research Institute
The Ohio State University Medical Center

Frank Furnari, Ph.D.
Associate Investigator
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Associate Professor
University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Robert B. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Mayo Clinic

David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Dinah Sah, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research, CNS and Oncology
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.