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Meeting Reports 2002

NIH Muscular Dystrophy Research Task Force Roster

May 15-16, 2002 (historical)

Organizing Committee Members:

Richard W. Lymn, Ph.D.
Director, Muscle Biology Branch
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872

Giovanna Spinella, M.D.
Program Director
Neurogenetics and Development
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Neuroscience Center, Room 2132
6001 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20892-9527

James W. Hanson, M.D.
Chief, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Branch
Center for Research for Mothers and Children
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Room 4B09, MSC 7510
6100 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-7510

Rosters

Jeffrey S. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Washington School of Medicine
K243B HSB, Box 357720
1959 N.E. Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195-7720

Patricia Furlong
President
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
1012 North University Blvd.
Middletown, OH 45042

Robert C. Griggs, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 673
Rochester, NY 14642-8673

Sharon E. Hesterlee, Ph.D.
Director of Research Development
Muscular Dystrophy Association
3300 East Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718

R. Rodney Howell, M.D.
University of Miami
Department of Pediatrics
PO Box 016820
D 820
Miami, FL 33101

Louis M. Kunkel, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI/Genetics/Enders 5
320 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Kathy Mathews, M.D.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
2503 JCP
Iowa City, IA 52246

Craig M. McDonald, M.D.
University of California School of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
1 Shields Avenue, TB 191
Davis, CA 95616

Beth McNally, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Chicago
Department of Medicine, Section on Cardiology
Department of Human Genetics
Committees on Genetics and
Developmental Biology, Room A606
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 6088
Chicago, IL 60637

Jerry Mendell, M.D.
Ohio State University
Department of Neurology
1654 Upham Drive
Room 445 Means Hall
Columbus, OH 43210

Daniel Paul Perez
President
FSH Society
3 Westwood Road
Lexington, MA 02420

Charles A. Thornton, M.D.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Neurology, Room 5-4203
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 673
Rochester, NY 14642

NIH Attendees

David J. Eckstein, Ph.D.
Program Analyst
Neuroenvironment Cluster
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Neuroscience Center, Room 2117
6001 Executive Blvd., MSC 9521
Rockville, MD 20892-9521

Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, M.D.
Program Director
Genetics of Neurological Disorders
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Neuroscience Center, Room 2142
6001 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20892-9527

Anita M. Linde
Senior Program Analyst
Office of the Director
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH
Bldg. 31, Room 4C32
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2350