Scientific Advisory Board
The Board comprises scientists with nationally recognized expertise in a variety of leading edge research areas within the field of Parkinson’s disease.
APDA grants are awarded through a competitive application process and reviewed by APDA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). A rigorous review and scoring process of the applications is conducted by the SAB when it convenes annually to review the proposals. In order to be considered for funding, only applications which meet the highest quality are recommended by to the APDA Board of Directors for. Scoring of the grants includes three major areas of criteria including: overall significance and impact in the field of Parkinson’s disease, the appropriateness of the principal investigator and the academic and scientific environment for the proposed project, and the feasibility of the proposed budget and time period for completion.
APDA Scientific Advisory Board: (Back row L-R) J. Timothy Greenamyre, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Clemens R. Scherzer, MD, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Joel S. Perlmutter, MD, Washington University School of Medicine; (Middle Row L-R) Patrick McDermott, Chairman, APDA Board of Directors; Un Jung Kang, MD, Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders, New York Langone Health; Vivek K. Unni, MD, PhD, Oregon Health & Science University; David G. Standaert,MD, PhD, Chairman of the APDA SAB, University of Alabama at Birmingham; (Front row L-R); Mary Maral Mouradian, MD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Leslie A. Chambers, President & CEO, APDA; Rebecca Gilbert, MD, PhD, VP and Chief Scientific Officer, APDA; Jill L. Ostrem, MD, University of California San Francisco; (Not pictured); Dennis W. Dickson, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville; Laura Marsh, MD, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center; Evan Yale Snyder, MD, PhD, The Burnham Institute; Marie Hélène Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCP (C), Boston University School of Medicine
David G. Standaert, MD, PhD
John N. Whitaker Professor and Chair of Neurology
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Dennis W. Dickson, MD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Terry Ellis, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Board-Certified Clinical Specialist Neurologic Physical Therapy
Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Director: Center for Neurorehabilitation
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
J. Timothy Greenamyre,
MD, PhD
Love Family Professor & Vice-Chair of Neurology
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Joel S. Perlmutter, MD
Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology, Professor of Radiology, Neurobiology, Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy
Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Marie Hélène Saint-Hilaire,
MD, FRCP (C)
Professor of Neurology
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Clemens R. Scherzer, MD
Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
SAB Emeritus
James Bennett, MD, PhD
Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD, PhD
Mahlon DeLong, MD
Richard Myers, PhD
Jacob Sage, MD
Ray Watts, MD
G Frederick Wooten Jr., MD