Scientific Advisory Committee - Angelman Syndrome Foundation

ASF Scientific Advisory Committee

The ASF Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is responsible for overseeing research grants funded by the ASF. The ASF SAC is currently comprised of Angelman syndrome researchers and professionals from both academia and industry, clinicians who work with AS patients, and experts from related fields such as psychology, communication and education. SAC members donate their time and talent to review all research applications submitted to the ASF for funding, work with ASF staff to conduct an annual Scientific Symposium, and work with the ASF on research collaboration.

The ASF and the ASF SAC play a strong role in networking researchers and funding research that pursues promising avenues of discovery. ASF SAC membership is evaluated and renewed on two-year terms, ensuring that a range of voices and opinions are expressed during the research funding process.

Rebecca Burdine, PhD

SAC Chair

Princeton, NY

Stormy Chamberlain, PhD

Section Head Neurogenomics at Roche

Andrew Oberwager, MD, CFA

Treasurer

New Canaan, CT

William Rakoczy

Director

Chicago, IL

Dan Harvey, PhD

Director, CAC Chair

San Diego, CA

Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD

Head of the ASF Clinic at Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Wen-Hann Tan, MD

Clinical Geneticist and Head of the ASF Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, MA

Ron Thibert, DO, MSPH

Head of the ASF Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Jane Summers, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University

Arthur Beaudet, MD

Professor and Chair in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Charles Williams, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida

Ben Philpot, PhD

Assistant Professor in Cell and Molecular Physiology at the University of North Carolina

Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President for Research & Development at Biogen

Mark Nespeca, MD

Director of the EEG Laboratory at Children’s Hospital San Diego

Katharine Grugan, PhD

Scientist, Johnson and Johnson, Pharmaceutical Division

Joseph P Horrigan, MD

Consulting Associate Professor at the Duke University Center for Autism and Brain Developmen

Durham, North Carolina

Anjali Sadhwani, PhD

Attending Psychologist, Department of Cardiology and Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jason Yi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Investigator, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at Washington University School of Medicine

Martin Scheffner, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry, University of Konstanz

Christy Zigler, PhD

Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine

Anne Wheeler, PhD

Senior Research Public Health Analyst at RTI International and Licensed Psychologist at UNC’s Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

Christopher Collins, PhD

Founder of Collins Scientific and Technical Consulting