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Christine Swanson-Fischer

NIH, Program Director

USA

Biography

Dr. Christine Swanson-Fischer is a Program Director in the Division of Neuroscience.

Among her current duties at NINDS, Dr. Swanson-Fischer manages portfolio of research grants and cooperative agreements and supports NINDS clinical data- and biomarkers-focused programs in Parkinson’s Disease (PD), including the NINDS PD Biomarkers Program (PDBP) and the public-private partnership Accelerating Medicines Partnership for PD (AMP PD).

Prior to joining NINDS, Dr. Swanson-Fischer was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Alice Chen-Plotkin at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Neurology, where she studied unbiased approaches to biomarker discovery and validation in Parkinson’s disease. She completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she focused on neuroprotective and regenerative strategies for Parkinson’s disease in preclinical models.

Outputs and publications by Christine Swanson-Fischer

Workflows of Data and Samples
The following document outlines the workflow of the data and samples from contributing cohorts with existing DNA, and contributing cohorts with existing or externally generated genotype data.
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NIA-Material Transfer Agreement
The material transfer agreement for the transfer of human materials for research purposes is outlined in the following document.
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Sample Prioritization Table
The Monogenic Network of GP2 is prioritizing cases where a monogenic cause of Parkinson’s disease is strongly suspected. Multiple factors will be considered and scoring criteria will be used.
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