Scientific Advisory Board

Our Scientific Advisory Board is comprised of leading Parkinson's disease (PD) basic, clinical and translational scientists who guide our diverse research programs.

Richard Smeyne, PhD
Chair
Professor and Chair, Thomas Jefferson University*

Margaret Rice, PhD
Co-Chair
Professor, New York University*

Roy Alcalay, MD, MS
Chief of the Movement Disorders Division, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center*

Warren Hirst, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Movement Disorders Research, Biogen

Matthew Kennedy, PhD
Executive Director, Neuroscience, Merck & Co, Inc.

Matthew LaVoie, PhD
Fixel Family Professor of Neurology, University of Florida*

Alexandra Nelson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Jean-Christophe (Chris) Rochet, PhD
Professor, Purdue University
Director, Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience

Stephen Shea, PhD
Associate Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Malú Gámez Tansey, PhD
Professor, University of Florida*
Co-Director Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Florida*
Editor-in-Chief, npj Parkinson’s Disease - Official journal of the Parkinson’s Foundation

Talene Yacoubian, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

*denotes a Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence