Scientific Advisory Board

Joanna Jankowsky, PhD

Joanna Jankowsky, PhD

Professor, Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
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Member, CWOW Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Jankowsky's research focuses on understanding factors that influence Alzheimer's disease and testing experimental approaches for treatment in mouse models of amyloid and tauopathy. 

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She serves on the Alzheimer's Association International Research Grant Program Council and the BrightFocus Foundation Scientific Review Committee, and is the outgoing chair of the NIH Cellular and Molecular Neurodegeneration (CMND) Study Section. Dr. Jankowsky has received multiple awards for her research, including the NARSAD Young Investigator Award, the NIH Director's New Innovator Award, and the Alzheimer's Association Zenith Fellows Award. 

 

 

Daniel Lee, PhD

Daniel Lee, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
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Member, CWOW Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Lee's laboratory studies various models of proteinopathies including tauopathies and Alzheimer’s disease. Specifically, his lab investigates interactions between arginine metabolism, nutrient-sensing dysfunction, polyamine biology, and post-translational modifications in proteinopathies.

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Dr. Lee is a professor in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and Co-Director of the Research Education Component for the UK-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of the Department of Neuroscience. While an associate professor in Taneja University of South Florida, he became the first founding faculty member in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Director of Neurodegenerative Science, and the William Saunders Endowed Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy.

 

 

Daniel Southworth, PhD

Daniel Southworth, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics 
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Member, CWOW Scientific Advisory Board

Dr. Southworth is a structural biologist focused on determining mechanisms of protein homeostasis and misfolding in neurodegenerative disease pathways involving essential molecular machines and chaperone proteins. 

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Dr. Southworth became an associate professor in the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) under the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. He has received multiple awards for his research, including the Top Scientist Development Award from the American Heart Association and the New Investigator Award from the Alzheimer's Association.