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Leadership

Director

Christian Lorson, PhD (Curators' Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research)

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine
471G Bond Life Sciences Center (office)
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-2219 or 573-884-2680 (lab)
lorsonc@missouri.edu

Advisory Board

Active M.D.s

Richard J. Barohn, MD (Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs)

1100 Carrie Francke Drive
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
rbarohn@health.missouri.edu 

Jeffrey M. Statland, MD (Professor, Neurology)

3901 Rainbow Boulevard
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS 66160
jstatland@kumc.edu 

Active Researchers

Donsheng Duan, PhD (Curators' Distinguished Professor)

Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
M609 Medical Sciences Building, DC044
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-9584
duand@health.missouri.edu

Joseph Klaesner, PhD (Professor of Biomedical Engineering)

Whitaker Hall, Room 390C
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO 63130
(314) 935-9561
klaesnerjw@wustl.edu

Robin Parks, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

University of Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1H 8L6
(613) 737-8123
rparks@ohri.ca 

Non-Physician Professional

Kerri Morgan, PhD (Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy and Neurology)

MCS 8505-66-1
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, MO 63108
(314) 286-1659
morgank@wustl.edu

Non-Researchers in Organizations that support SCIDRP Priorities

Jackie Glascock, PhD (Vice President, Research)

Cure SMA
925 Busse Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
(800) 886-1762
jackie@curesma.org

Eloise Schlafly, (Young Professionals Board)

CMT Research Foundation
Atlanta, GA 30319
(314) 244-3417
eschlafly@monetagroup.com

Other Reviewers

Emanuela Gussoni, PhD (Associate Professor of Pediatrics)

Genetics - CLS15021, 320 Longwood Ave
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital
Columbia, MO 65211
(617) 355-7572
emanuela.gussoni@enders.tch.harvard.edu

Rashmi Kothary, PhD (Professor of Medicine)

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
501 Smyth Road
Ottawa, ON K1H8L6 Canada
(613) 737-8707
rkothary@ohri.ca

Advisory Board Staff

Sherri Oliver, PhD, PMP

Senior Research Consultant l Proposal Development
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri
(573) 882-2081
soliver@missouri.edu  

 

 

 

Reviewed 2023-09-25