The team in the Collaborative Center for X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism is dedicated to furthering the understanding of this rare genetic disorder.

Leadership
Cristopher Bragg

Cristopher Bragg, PhD
Director
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Geraldine Acuna Sunshine

Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, JD, MPP
Co-Founder
Founder and President
Sunshine Care Foundation, Inc.


Amy Alessi, PhD

Amy Alessi, PhD
Program Director
Department of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital


Nutan Sharma

Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
Head, Clinical Program
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Anne B. Young, MD

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


Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD

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


Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc

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


Investigators
Michael Talkowski

Michael Talkowski, PhD
Director, MGH Center for Genomic Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Nutan Sharma

Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
Head, Clinical Program
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Laurie Ozelius

Laurie Ozelius, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Xandra Breakefield

Xandra Breakefield, PhD
Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Cristopher Bragg

Cristopher Bragg, PhD
Director
Associate Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Ellen Penney

Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD
Head, XDP Brain Bank
Instructor in Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Researchers and Staff
Christine Vaine

Christine A. Vaine, PhD
Program Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital


Trisha Multhaupt-Buell

Trisha Multhaupt-Buell, MS, LCGC
Clinical Research Program Manager
Massachusetts General Hospital


Christopher Stephen

Christopher D. Stephen, MB, CHB
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Aloysius Domingo

Aloysius Domingo, MD, PhD
Instructor in Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Rachita Yadav

Rachita Yadav, PhD
Instructor in Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School


Nicolas Bravo-Vasquez, DVM PhD

Nicolas Bravo-Vasquez, DVM PhD
Research Scientist
Massachusetts General Hospital


Hoang-Dai Tran, PhD

Hoang-Dai Tran, PhD
Research Scientist
Massachusetts General Hospital


Patrick Acuña

Patrick Acuña, MD, MPH
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Massachusetts General Hospital


Caroline Nelson

Caroline Nelson
Clinical Research Coordinator
Massachusetts General Hospital


Micaela Murcar

Micaela Murcar
Research Technician
Massachusetts General Hospital


Postdoctoral Fellows & Students
Katia E. Maalouf, PhD

Katia E. Maalouf, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Alan Mejia-Maza, PhD

Alan Mejia-Maza, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Ayumi Nishiyama, MD, PhD

Ayumi Nishiyama, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Charles Jourdan F. Reyes, PhD

Charles Jourdan F. Reyes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Miguel Israel Chavez Santoscoy, PhD

Miguel Israel Chavez Santoscoy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Ranee Zara B. Monsanto, MD

Ranee Zara B. Monsanto, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow


Ean Norenberg

Ean Norenberg
Undergraduate Student


Justin Han

Justin Han
Undergraduate Student