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Many people worldwide contribute their time and energy to the ICGNMD. Here is our current list of contributors. We hope in the future to expand our work to other Centres of Excellence globally.
UK (including ICGNMD Head Office)
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (UCL IoN), London, UK
Principal Investigators: Professor Michael G Hanna, Professor Mary M Reilly, Professor Henry Houlden, Dr Robert D S Pitceathly, Dr Gita Ramdharry
Fellows: Dr William L Macken, Dr Christopher Record
Co-Investigators: Dr Enrico Bugiardini, Dr Matilde Laura, Dr Alexander Rossor, Dr Chiara Pizzamiglio, Dr Vinojini Vivekanandam, Professor Antonella Spinazzola
Other contributing staff: Dr Lindsay A Wilson, Dr Jana Vandrovcova, Dr Heba Morsy, Dr Stephanie Efthymiou, Ms Natalia Dominik
UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS-ICH), London, UK
Principal Investigators: Professor Francesco Muntoni, Dr Anna Sarkozy, Professor Thomas Voit
Fellows: Dr Luke Perry
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Principal Investigators: Professor Patrick Chinnery, Professor Rita Horvath
Fellows: Dr Katherine R Schon
Other contributing staff: Dr Fei Gao
University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Principal Investigators: Professor Volker Straub, Professor Robert McFarland, Professor Robert Taylor
Fellows: Dr Mahmoud Fassad, Dr Christina Trainor
Co-Investigators: Dr Ana Topf
BRAZIL
Da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (FAEPA), São Paulo
Principal Investigators: Professor Wilson Marques Jr
Faculty PI Fellow (senior role): Dr Pedro Tomaselli
PhD Fellows: Dr Rodrigo Frezatti, (Alumnus: Dr Lucas Clementino)
Faculty Member: Dr Claudia Sobreira
INDIA
CSIR Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad
Principal Investigators: Professor Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Other contributing staff: Dr Pratheusa Machha, Dr G Mala
Centre for DNA Diagnostics and Fingerprinting (CDFD), Hyderabad
Principal Investigators: Professor Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Dr Ashwin Dalal
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi
Principal Investigators: Professor MV Padma Srivastava, Professor Rohit Bhatia
Principal Investigator & Faculty PI Fellow: Dr Vishnu V Y
Other contributing staff: Ms Alisha Reyaz
National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore
Neuropathology Group:
Principal Investigator & Faculty PI Fellow: Dr Nandeesh BN
Co - Principal Investigator: Dr Narayanappa Gayathri,
Faculty PI Fellow (senior role): Dr Madhu Nagappa
Other contributing staff: Dr Periyasamy Govindaraj, Ms Shivani Sharma, Dr. AB Taly, Dr. Yasha TC
Neurology Group:
Principal Investigators: Dr Atchayaram Nalini
Co-Investigators: Dr Seena Vengalil, Dr Nashi Saraswati
Other contributing staff: Dr Gautham Arunachal
Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad
Principal Investigator: Dr Sireesha Yareeda
Other contributing staff: Dr Suryaprabha Turaga, Dr Buggoju Vijay Kumar, Mr Nagu Bhukya
THE NETHERLANDS
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden
Principal Investigators: Dr Richard JLF Lemmers, Professor Dr Ir Silvère M van der Maarel
SOUTH AFRICA
North-West University, Potchefstroom
Principal Investigator: Professor Francois van der Westhuizen
Other contributing staff: Ms Michelle Mereis, Dr Maryke Schoonen
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Principal Investigator: Professor Izelle Smuts
Other contributing staff: Dr Ronel Human, Dr Elsa Lubbe and Dr Malebo Nonyane
Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town & Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town
Principal Investigator: Professor Jo M Wilmshurst
PhD Fellow: Dr Sharika Raga
Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town & Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Principal Investigator: Professor Jeannine Heckmann
PhD Fellow: Dr Kireshnee Naidu (also Stellenbosch)
Other contributing staff: Dr Elizabeth C Steyn (Alumnus)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town
Principal Investigators: Dr Franclo Henning, Dr Soraya Bardien
PhD Fellow: Dr Kireshnee Naidu (also Cape Town)
TURKEY
Yeditepe University Hospitals, Istanbul
Principal Investigator: Professor Haluk A Topoloğlu
Other contributing staff: Dr Gökçe Eser
Ankara City Hospital & Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara
PhD Fellow: Dr Özlem Yayıcı Köken
Co-Investigators: Assoc.Prof. Ahmet Cevdet Ceylan, Prof. C Nur Semerci Gündüz, Dr Büşranur Çavdarlı, Assoc. Prof. Gülay Güleç Ceylan
Other contributing staff: Dr Didem Ardıçlı
Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Centre (IBG), Dokuz Eylul University Healtch Campus, Izmir & Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Neurology Department, Izmir
Principal Investigators: Professor Uluç Yis & Professor Yavuz Oktay
PhD Fellow: Dr Ipek Polat
ZAMBIA
University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka
Principal Investigators: Dr David Bearden, Dr Michelle Kvalsund, Dr Somwe Wa Somwe, Dr Sylvia Mwanza-Kabaghe, Dr Gretchen Birbeck.
Professor Robert C Griggs, MD (Rochester site)
PhD Fellow: Ms Musambo Kapapa
Other contributing staff: Ms Milimo Mweemba, Ms Memory Chanda
