Scientific Advisory Board

Rita Colwell, Ph.D.

Rita Colwell, Ph.D.

Co-Chair

  • Internationally recognized scientist, microbiologist and founder of CosmosID, a privately held bioinformatics firm
  • Distinguished University Professor at U. Maryland and Johns Hopkins University
  • Former Director, National Science Foundation (1998 – 2006)
  • National Medal of Science awardee
  • Member, US National Academy of Sciences
Sharon H. Hrynkow, PhD

Sharon H. Hrynkow, PhD

Co-Chair

  • Neuroscientist with more than 25 years’ experience in global health arena, public and private sectors
  • Senior executive at NIH
  • First president of non-profit Global Virus Network
  • Former Member of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Caroline Hastings, M.D.

Caroline Hastings, M.D.

Key Opinion Leader in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Global Principal Investigator for Ongoing TransportNPC™ Study

  • Pediatric hematologist oncologist, Director of Neuro-oncology, and Professor of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
  • First physician in US to use cyclodextrins for treatment in NPC, compassionate use
  • Advisor to US and Australian NPC Advocacy organizations and to physicians globally on NPC
Gerald F. Cox, MD, PhD

Gerald F. Cox, MD, PhD

Key Opinion Leader in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

  • Over 15 years in senior leadership at Sanofi Genzyme, including Vice President of Rare Disease Clinical Development
  • Led the clinical development of CRISPR-based genome editing medicines to treat human diseases, including the first approved IND for a CRISPR-based medicine to be delivered in vivo that is designed to treat a genetic form of blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 10.
  • Affiliated with Boston Children’s Hospital during his entire career, where he is a part-time Staff Physician in Genetics; and is an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Benny Liu, M.D.

Benny Liu, M.D.

Key Opinion Leader in Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

  • Gastroenterologist at Alameda Health System, CA and Highland Hospital
  • Globally recognized expert in lipid metabolism
  • First to discover that cyclodextrins release cholesterol from cells using an animal model
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF

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