KrabbeConnect’s Scientific Advisory Council is made up of experts in the fields of medicine, genetics, and Krabbe disease research. The council helps advise and guide KrabbeConnect and its Board of Directors on our mission to be the source of comprehensive information and access to resources for patients with Krabbe disease. If you are interested in serving on our council, please Contact Us.
Scientific Advisory Council Members
Maria L Escolar, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh
Director, Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Ernesto R. Bongarzone, PhD
Professor
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Laura Feltri, MD
Professor of Biochemistry and Neurology
State University of New York at Buffalo/Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences
Acting Director
Hunter James Kelly Research Institute
Steven Gray, PhD
Associate Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mark Sands, PhD
Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine
Paul Orchard, MD
Medical Director of the Inherited Metabolic & Storage Disease Program
Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at the University of Minnesota
Giovanna Pannuzzo, PhD
Professor Physiology
University of Catania
Catania, Italy