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 #  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*

 

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