Scientific Co-Founders

Gabsang Lee, PhD

Gabsang Lee, PhD, is currently associate professor in the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he continues his research on peripheral nerve disease (Charcot-Marie-Tooth, congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis, familial dysautonomia) and muscular dystrophies (Duchenne and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies). Dr. Lee received his PhD from Seoul National University.

Alan Friedman, PhD

Alan Friedman, PhD is professor of pediatric oncology at Johns Hopkins University. He attended Harvard Medical School and did his pediatric residency at Boston Children’s Hospital, before coming to Baltimore in 1986 for fellowship training. Dr. Friedman laboratory focuses on regulation of myeloid cell development and leukemic transformation by transcription factors. He has pioneered the use of immature myeloid cells lacking NF-κB p50 (p50-IMC) as immunotherapy for cancer.

Kathryn Wagner, MD, PhD

Kathryn R. Wagner, MD, PhD, is professor emeritus of neurology and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and was previously the founding director of the Center for Genetic Muscle Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. There she cared for pediatric and adult individuals with muscular dystrophy and conducted translational research in muscle regeneration. Dr. Wagner is currently the vice president, global head of neuromuscular diseases at F. Hoffmann-La Roche.

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