Carl Lauryssen
M.D., Member of the Scientific Board
Avinash G. Patwardhan
Ph.D, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehab Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Member of the Scientific Board
Dr. Eric Morgan
Member of the Advisory BOD
Ronald L. Voller
Member of the Scientific Advisory BOD
Kristen Willeumier, Ph.D.
Member of the Scientific Advisory BOD
Dr. Willeumier conducted her graduate research in the laboratory of Neurophysiology under the direction of Felix Schweitzer at the University of California, Los Angeles and the laboratory of Neurogenetics under the direction of Stefan Pulst at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center using live cell imaging to investigate mechanisms of synaptic signaling in Parkinson’s disease. She received MS degrees in physiological science and neurobiology, and a PhD degree in neurobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she continued her work in the field of neurodegenerative disease. She was the recipient of the prestigious NIH fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease presenting her work at national and international scientific meetings including the Society for Neuroscience, Gordon Conference, and the World Brain Mapping Conference.