Research Team

Anne Chiaramello

 

Anne Chiaramello, PhD
Principal Investigator
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Founding Director of the Mito-EpiGen Program
 George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

 

Martine Uittenbogaard
Martine Uittenbogaard, PhD
Lead Research Scientist
Deputy Scientific Director of the Mito-EpiGen Program
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
 George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Debra Regier
Debra Regier, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University
Chief, Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Director of the Children’s National Rare Disease Institute, Children’s National Hospital
Wei Liang Chen
Wei-Liang Chen, MD 
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Genetics, and Pediatrics, George Washington University
Director Epileptic Encephalopathy Program, Children’s National Hospital

 

Lab Collaborators

christine brantner
Christine A. Brantner, PhD
Director of the Electron Microscopy Core Imaging Facility
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
  Dr. Yue Wang, PhD
Assistant Laboratory Director, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories
Certified Clinical Molecular Geneticist (American Board of Medical Genetics)
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Patient Advocacy Groups

Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson, BS
in Neuropsychology from the University of Victoria
Founder of the LHON Canada
Founder of the LHON-Plus Global Project
Andrea Hoffmeier
Andrea Hoffmeier, MLA
Founder of LHON-Plus-Action
Co-Founder – SHERPA Institute, a global nonprofit
Professional Expertise in Strategy & Communications
Co-Author, “A Six Sigma Approach to Sustainability: Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility” 2016 CRC Press
Lisa Poincenot
Lissa Poincenot
Co-Founder of LHON Collective
LHON Project at the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF)