Scientific Advisory Committee - Angelman Syndrome Foundation

ASF Scientific Advisory Committee

The ASF Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is responsible for overseeing research grants funded by the ASF. The ASF SAC is currently comprised of Angelman syndrome researchers and professionals from both academia and industry, clinicians who work with AS patients, and experts from related fields such as psychology, communication and education. SAC members donate their time and talent to review all research applications submitted to the ASF for funding, work with ASF staff to conduct an annual Scientific Symposium, and work with the ASF on research collaboration.

The ASF and the ASF SAC play a strong role in networking researchers and funding research that pursues promising avenues of discovery. ASF SAC membership is evaluated and renewed on two-year terms, ensuring that a range of voices and opinions are expressed during the research funding process.

Rebecca Burdine, PhD

SAC Chair | Professor of Molecular Biology. Princeton University

Princeton, NY

Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD

Director of the ASF Clinic; Professor of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, Anatomy and Cell Biology and at Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Robert Carson, MD, PhD

Director of the ASF Clinic; Associate Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Stormy Chamberlain, PhD

Section Head Neurogenomics at Roche

Basil, Switzerland

Heather Christie, PhD

Lecturer in Molecular Biology, Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Christopher Collins, PhD

Founder of Collins Scientific and Technical Consulting

Seattle, WA

Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD

CSO and Head of R&D, at Formation Bio

Boston, MA

Dan Harvey, PhD

Director, Pharma and Non-profit Consulting

San Diego, CA

Joseph P Horrigan, MD

Senior Vice President, Clinical Development at Definium Therapeutics and Medical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, NC

Grace Hunter, MD, MBA, MSc

Chief Medical Officer at Sana; Primary Care Physician Teton Free Clinic

Wilson, WY

Mark Nespeca, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital

San Diego, CA

Ben Philpot, PhD

Kenan Distinguished Professor and Associate Director, UNC Neuroscience Center at University of North Carolina

William Rakoczy

Director, Founding partner at Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP

Chicago, IL

Anjali Sadhwani, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Cardiology Boston Children’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Martin Scheffner, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, University of Konstanz

Konstanz, Germany

Jane Summers, PhD

Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

Toronto, ON Canada

Wen-Hann Tan, MD, BMBS

Director of the ASF Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Anne Wheeler, PhD

Senior Research Public Health Analyst at RTI International

Durham, NC

Jason Yi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Christy Zigler, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA