The CMTA’s STAR Advisory Board comprises a Scientific Advisory Board, a Therapy Expert Board and a Clinical Expert Board.

The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) provides scientific input for ongoing or proposed projects and evaluates:

  • The scientific status of current CMTA-funded research, identifying the scientific basis of target strategies for each CMT subtype.
  • Research proposals for their scientific background and the soundness of the research strategy.
  • The progress of research teams, recommending changes in research strategies as needed.

The Therapy Expert Board (TEB) evaluates the translational quality of ongoing and proposed projects and examines:

  • The pharmacological approach of disease area project team efforts.
  • The potential to form strategic alliances with pharmaceutical partners.
  • The preclinical strategy, particularly its contribution to clinical testing approaches.
  • The TEB may also take an active role in managing and monitoring strategic alliances.

The Clinical Expert Board (CEB) provides expert guidance and support to the CMTA’s alliance partners, helping to assure the success of clinical trials by:

  • Providing the natural history and clinical expertise to design, develop and enable clinical trials.
  • Collaborating with scientists in the development of clinical biomarkers.
  • Ensuring the adequate recruitment of carefully evaluated patients and experienced investigators to conduct these trials.

Membership

SAB

TEB

CEB

John Svaren

John Svaren, PhD, SAB Chair

University of Wisconsin
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Frank Baas

Frank Baas, MD, PhD

University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Diana Bharucha-Goebel

Diana Bharucha-Goebel, MD, PhD

Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC
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Robert Burgess

Robert Burgess, PhD

The Jackson Laboratory
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Bruce Conklin

Bruce R Conklin, MD

University of California San Francisco
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Maurizio D'Antonio

Maurizio D’Antonio, PhD

San Raffaele Scientific Institute, DIBIT, Milan, Italy
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M. Laura Feltri

M. Laura Feltri, MD

University at Buffalo
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Vera Fridman

Vera Fridman, MD

University of Colorado’s (CU) Anschutz Medical Campus
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Martine Garnier

Martine Garnier, PhD

MG Pharma Consulting
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Steven Gray

Steven Gray, PhD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Scott Harper

Scott Harper, PhD

The Ohio State University School of Medicine
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Kleopas Kleopa

Kleopas Kleopa, MD

Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics
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Jun Li

Jun Li, MD, PhD

Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College
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Rudolph Martini

Rudolph Martini, PhD

University of Würzburg, Germany
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Klaus-Armin Nave

Klaus-Armin Nave, PhD

Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine University of Göttingen, Germany
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Brian Popko

Brian Popko, MD

University of Chicago
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Mario Saporta

Mario Saporta, MD, PhD

University of Miami
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Steven S. Scherer

Steven S. Scherer, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania
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Stephan Zuchner

Stephan Züchner, MD, PhD

University of Miami
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Mark Scheideler

Mark Scheideler, PhD, TEB Chair

HumanFirst Therapeutics LLC
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David Herrmann

David Herrmann, MD

University of Rochester
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Tage Honore

Tage Honore, PhD

Aestus Therapeutics Inc.
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Christopher Klein

Christopher Klein, MD

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Lars J. Knutsen

Lars J. S. Knutsen, PhD

Discovery Pharma Consulting LLC
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Claes Wahlestedt

Claes Wahlestedt, MD, PhD

University of Miami
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Michael E. Shy

Michael E. Shy, MD, CEB Chair

University of Iowa
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Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly, MD, CEB Co-Chair

National Hospital, London, England
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Richard Finkel

Richard Finkel, MD

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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Davide Pareyson

Davide Pareyson, MD

Besta Institute, Milan, Italy
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Joshua Burns

Joshua Burns, PhD

University of Sydney, Australia
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STAR Advisory Board Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Policy

Each member of the STAR Advisory Board is required to abide by the CMTA STAR Advisory Board Confidentiality COI Policy (19956 downloads ) .