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Steering Committee

The steering committee is led by Andrew Singleton, PhD and Cornelis Blauwendraat, PhD, of the National Institutes of Health along with an international team of scientists and researchers.

About the Steering Committee

The steering committee is led by Andrew Singleton, PhD and Cornelis Blauwendraat, PhD, of the National Institutes of Health along with an international team of scientists and researchers. The steering committee is responsible for driving the scientific progress of GP2, through review of results and manuscripts that result from GP2 projects, mentorship of GP2 trainees, providing leadership and support in working groups, and leading core analyses.

Meet the leads & co-leads

Lead

Andrew B Singleton, PhD

National Institute on Aging | Bethesda, MD, USA

Co-Lead

Cornelis Blauwendraat, PhD

National Institutes of Health | USA

Meet the participants

Member

Alexis Brice, MD

Institut du Cerveau (ICM) | France

Member

Bradford Casey, PhD

The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York City, NY, USA

Member

Sumit Dey, MSc

Queen Mary University of London | London, UK

Member

Brian Fiske, PhD

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York City, NY, USA

Member

Tatiana Foroud, PhD

Indiana University School of Medicine | USA

Member

Thomas Gasser, MD

University of Tübingen | Germany

Member

John Hardy, PhD

University College London | UK

Member

Christine Klein, MD

University of Luebeck | Germany

Member

Rejko Krüger

University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg

Member

Kenneth Marek, MD

Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders | USA

Member

Ignacio (Nacho) F. Mata, PhD

Cleveland Clinic | USA

Member

Kin Ying Mok, PhD

Univeristy College London | UK

Member

Huw Morris, MD, PhD

University College London | London, UK

Member

Mike A. Nalls, PhD

National Institutes of Health | USA

Member

Alastair Noyce, MD, PhD

Queen Mary University of London | London, UK

Member

Alyssa O'Grady, BA

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | New York City, NY, USA

Member

Ekemini Riley, PhD

Coalition for Aligning Science | USA

Member

Mie Rizig

University College London | UK

Member

Manu Sharma

University of Tübingen | Germany

Member

J C. Solle

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | USA

Member

Enza Maria Valente, MD, PhD

University of Pavia, IRCCS Mondino Foundation | Milano, Italy

Member

Nigel Williams

Cardiff University | UK

Member

Nicholas Wood, PhD

University College London | UK

Member

Caroline B. Pantazis, PhD

National Institutes of Health | USA

Member

Laurel Screven, PhD

National Institute on Aging | Bethesda, MD, USA

Member

Manuela Tan

Oslo University Hospital | Norway

Member

Sonya Dumanis, PhD

ASAP | Alexandria, VA, USA

Member

Hirotaka Iwaki, MD, PhD

Data Tecnica International | USA

Member

Njideka Okubadejo

University of Lagos | Nigeria

Member

Prashanth Lingappa Kukkle

Manipal Hospital | India

Member

Shen-Yang Lim

University of Malaya | Malaysia

Member

Sarah Camargos, MD, PhD

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Member

Asha Kishore

Aster Medcity | India

Member

Artur F. Schumacher-Schuh, MD, PhD

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul / Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre | Brazil

Member

Katerina Markopoulou, MD

NorthShore Medical Group | IL, USA

Milestones

Completed

  • Establish working groups
  • Establish roles and responsibilities
  • Establish annual meetings
  • Establish review process for ongoing and completed GP2 projects

Active

  • Complete core analyses

Outputs & publications from the Steering Committee

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