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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, immunology, genetics, and radiology.
 

Webster K. Cavenee, Ph.D. (Chair)
Professor of Medicine
Director
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
University of California, San Diego

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

David H. Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald O. Schnuck Family Professor of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
Co-director, Neuro-Oncology Program
Washington University/Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Director, Neurofibromatosis Center at Washington University.

Linda M. Liau, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Director, UCLA Brain Tumor Program
UCLA Division of Neurosurgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Victor Ling, Ph.D.
Vice-President, Research
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia

James M. Provenzale, M.D.
Chief, Neuroradiology
Professor of Radiology
Duke University Medical Center

Dinah Sah, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Research
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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