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Gene Therapy Program Faculty & Staff


Cores

Core A: Administrative Core

Chester B. Whitley, Ph.D., M.D., Core Leader

  • Laura Wolff, Senior Secretary
  • David M. Brown, M.D., Consultant
  • Carol J. Lusty, Ph.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project I)
  • Nicholas Muzyczka, Ph.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project II)
  • R. Michael Blaese, M.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project III)
  • Mark Kay, Ph.D., M.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project IV)
  • Inder Verma, Ph.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project V)
  • Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D., External Advisory Committee Consultant (Project V and Research Animal Care and Medicine Core)
Core B: Microchemical Facility

Eric Eccleston, Ph.D., Core Leader

Core C: Research Animal Care and Medicine Core

Cynthia Gillett, D.V.M., Core Leader

  • Ronald Gunther, D.V.M., Research Associate
  • Brenda Koniar, Veterinary Technician
  • Steven U. Walkley, D.V.M., Ph.D., Neuropathology Consultant
Core D: Cell Processing

Jeffrey McCullough, M.D., Core Leader

Core E: Real-time Quantitative PCR Facility

Dao Pan, Ph.D., Core Leader

Core F: Viral Vector Core

R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D., Core Leader

 

Projects

Project I: Therapy for Hyperammonemia with Genetically-Engineered Bacteria

Mendel Tuchman, M.D., Principal Investigator

  • Michael H. Malamy, Ph.D., Co-Investigator
  • Hiroki Morizono, Ph.D., Research Work
  • Carol J. Lusty, Ph.D., Consultant
Project II: Gene Therapy for Ataxia

R. Scott McIvor, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

  • Walter C. Low, Ph.D., Co-Investigator
  • Harry T. Orr, Ph.D., Co-Investigator
Project III: Chimeraplasty for Mutations Associated with Mental Retardation

Betsy T. Kren, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

  • Clifford Steer, M.D., Co-Investigator
Project IV: Sleeping Beauty Transposon for Gene Therapy

Perry Hackett, Ph.D., Principal Investigator

Project V: Ex Vivo Lentiviral Hematopoetic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for MPS Type I

Chester B. Whitley, Ph.D., M.D., Principal Investigator


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