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Leading the Global MS Movement Toward a Cure

To accelerate MS cures, the National MS Society is convening scientific, medical and public health leaders to contribute to the most promising pathways to cures and to cultivate global collaboration in pursuit of cures.

Pathways to Cures Roadmap Scientific Contributors

Mark Allegretta, PhD – National MS Society
Sergio Baranzini, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
Amit Bar-Or, MD – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Lisa Barcellos, PhD, MPH – University of California Berkeley
Bruce F. Bebo, PhD – National MS Society
Fiona Brabazon, PhD – National MS Society
Timothy Coetzee, PhD – National MS Society
Philip De Jager, MD, PhD – Columbia University, New York
Robin Franklin, PhD – University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Vitorio Gallo, PhD – The Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Gavin Giovanonni, MD, PhD – Queen Mary University of London, London
Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD – University of California, San Diego
Walter A. Kostich, PhD – National MS Society
Douglas Landsman, PhD – National MS Society
Amy Lovett-Racke, PhD – Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus
Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD – University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Kelly R. Monk, PhD – Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Kassandra Munger, ScD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
Alexander V. Ng, PhD – Marquette University, Milwaukee
Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
Michelle Ploughman, PhD – Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's
Kathryn Smith – KES Business Consulting, LLC, Lyme, CT
Caroline C. Whitacre, PhD – National MS Society
Terry Wood, PhD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark
Kathleen Zackowski, PhD, OTR – National MS Society
—on behalf of the National MS Society’s Scientific Advisory Committee and Pathways to Cures Roadmap Task Force

Pathways to Cures Roadmap Endorsing Organizations

MS Societies and Allied Groups
  • Accelerated Cure Project for MS
  • Asociación de Lucha Contra la Esclerosis Múltiple
  • Esclerosis Múltiple España
  • European Multiple Sclerosis Platform
  • Fondation pour l’Aide à la Recherche sur la Sclérose En Plaques
  • The Israel Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • MS Australia
  • MS-félag Íslands
  • MS International Federation
  • MS Society of Canada
  • MS Society UK
  • MS Views and News
  • Multiple Sclerosis Association of America
  • Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
  • National Stem Cell Foundation
  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Esclerose Múltipla
  • Scleroseforeningen
  • Sclerosi Multipla Associazone Italiana
  • United Spinal Association
Professional Organizations
  • Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
  • The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
  • European Charcot Foundation
  • European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
  • International Society of Neuroimmunology
  • International Women in MS
  • Latin American Committee for Treatment and Research in MS
  • Middle East North Africa Committee for Treatment and Research in MS
  • Pan-Asian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis
  • World Federation of Neurology
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