Scientific Advisory Board in a Fight Against Canavan Disease and Other White Matter Disorders
Paola Leone, Ph.D. Chairperson
Associate Professor
Director of Cell and Gene Therapy Center
Department of Cell Biology UMDNJ / SOM

Darryl C. De Vivo, M.D. Co-Chair
Sidney Carter Professor of Neurology
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chairman (Neurology) for Pediatric Neurosciences
Director, Pediatric Neurology, Emeritus
Director, Colleen Giblin Research Laboratories
Director, Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease Center
Co-Director, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease
Coumbia University Medical Center

Edwin H. Kolodny, M.D. Co-Chair
Bernard A. and Charlotte Marden, Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Neurogenetics
Department of Neurology
New York University School of Medicine

Patrizia Casaccia, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Genetics and Genomics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Maria L. Escolar, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Pediatrician
Director, Program for Neurodevelopmental Function in Rare Disorders
Scientist Gene Therapy Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dolan Sondhi, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor of Genetic Medicine
Department of Genetic Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P.
Professor, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Director, Program in Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology
Director, Stem Cell Research Center
Associate Member, Sanford Children's Health Research Center
Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego
Faculty, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego
Scientific Steering Committee, Sanford (San Diego) Consortium for Regenerative Medicine