A Scientific Advisory
Board (SAB) formed in 1980 is responsible for overseeing
research grants approved. It is comprised of twelve professionals in
the fields of medicine, research, and psychology. They donate their
time and talent to review all research applications, coordinating
Scientific Day at the national conference, and work with the
Executive Director on research collaboration. PWSA (USA) plays a
strong role in networking researchers, and advocating on a national
level for appropriate research.
- Merlin Butler, M.D., Ph.D.,FFACMG
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Chair
Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
ABMG Certified Clinical Geneticist and Clinical
Cytogeneticist
Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and
Pediatrics
Kansas University Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard, MS 4015
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
Phone: (913) 588-1800
- Vanya Holm, M.D. - Chair Emeritus
Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
- Suzanne B. Cassidy, M.D.
Director and Professor of Genetics and Pediatrics
U.C.I. Medical Center
Orange, CA
-
Anastasia Dimitropoulos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-7123
- Joe Donnelly, Ed.D.,
Director, Energy Balance Laboratory
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
- Elisabeth M. Dykens, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Kennedy Center - Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
- David H. Ledbetter, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Genetics
Emory University, School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
- Sue Myers, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Department of Pediatrics, Endocrine Division
St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
- Robert Nicholls, D.Phil.
Professor of Genetic Psychiatry
Birth Defects Lab Rangos Research Center
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
- Ann Scheimann, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Baylor College of Medicine
John Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
- David Stevenson, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Medical Genetics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
- Rachel Wevrick, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Genetics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Barbara Y. Whitman, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics
St. Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Edited:
03/23/2010 |
