Research Team

Anne Chiaramello

Anne Chiaramello, PhD 

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology

Director of the Mito-EpiGen Program

Martine Uittenbogaard

Martine Uittenbogaard, PhD

Lead Research Scientist

Deputy Scientific Director of the Mito-EpiGen Program

Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology

Andrea Gropman

Andrea Gropman, M.D.

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics

Chief, Division of Neurogenetics and Developmental Pediatrics

Deputy Clinical Director of the Mito-EpiGen Program

Children’s National Medical Center

christine brantner

Christine A. Brantner, PhD

Director of the Electron Microscopy Core Imaging Facility and Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore


Lab Collaborators

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 Advocate for LHON-Plus

Lisa Thompson

Lisa Thompson, B.S.

in Neuropsychology from the University of Victoria

Founder of the LHON Canada

Founder of the LHON-Plus Global Project

Andrea Hoffmeier

Andrea Hoffmeier, M.L.A.

in Sustainable Development from Harvard University

Professional Expertise in Strategy & Communications

Co-Founder – SHERPA Institute, a global nonprofit

Co-Author, “A Six Sigma Approach to Sustainability: Continual Improvement for Social Responsibility” 2016 CRC Press

Editor: United Nations Sustainable Development