The Scientific Advisory Board for the Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (CCXDP) is a diverse group of scientific and medical experts with backgrounds in neurological and movement disorders.

Geraldine Acuña Sunshine, JD, MPP

Geraldine Acuña Sunshine, JD, MPP
Co-Founder, CCXDP

Kathleen Burns, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Pathology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School

Craig Blackstone, MD, PhD

Craig Blackstone, MD, PhD
Chief, MGH Neurology Division of Movement Disorders
Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Nicole Calakos

Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD
Chief, Movement Disorders Division
Lincoln Financial Group Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, & Cell Biology
Duke University School of Medicine

Robert Anthony, PhD

Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Latus Biosciences

Merit Cudkowicz, MD

Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Chief, MGH Department of Neurology
Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School

David Eidelberg

David Eidelberg, MD
Director, Center for Neurosciences
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Professor of Neurology and Neurosciences
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Hubert Fernandez

Hubert Fernandez, MD
James and Constance Brown Family Endowed Chair in Movement Disorders
Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Anne Graybeil

Ann Graybiel, PhD
Institute Professor
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Housman

David Housman, PhD
Professor of Biology
Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Scholar for Cancer Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Danilo Tagle, PhD, MS

Danilo Tagle, PhD, MS
Director, Office of Special Initiatives
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
National Institutes of Health

Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD

Michael Schwarzschild MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board

Anne B. Young, MD, PhD

Anne B. Young, MD, PhD
Co-Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Distinguished Julieanne Dorn Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School