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DEPARTMENT OF WAR - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Lyle Ostrow, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

Martina de Majo, Ph.D.
International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations

Dan Elbaum, Ph.D.
QurAlis

Ernest Fraenkel, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Engineering, MIT

Maj. Timothy Fullam, M.D., U.S. Air Force Retired
Barrow Neurological Institute

Molly Hammell, Ph.D.
NYU Langone Health

Moon Han, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Sc.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Matt Harms, M.D.
Columbia University

Justin Kwan, M.D.
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Joseph Lewcock, Ph.D.
Denali Therapeutics, Inc.

Michael Robinson, M.D.
Patient Advisor, Healey Platform Trial

Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, Ph.D., M.S.
Harvard Medical School

Nadia Sethi, D.D.S.
Patient Education and Advocacy Committee, Northeast ALS Consortium

David Taylor, Ph.D.
ALS Society of Canada

Last updated Wednesday, March 11, 2026