August 16-22, 2010
Vail Marriott Mountain Resort & Spa
Vail, Colorado
Petra Kaufmann, M.D., M.Sc.
Petra Kaufmann, M.D., M.Sc., is Director of the Office of Clinical Research (OCR).
In this capacity, she oversees the clinical research programs funded by the Institute.
The OCR fosters clinical research that increases our understanding of the cause,
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological diseases and translates scientific
discoveries into improved therapies for people living with neurological diseases
worldwide.
Prior to joining NINDS, Dr. Kaufmann was a tenured associate professor of neurology
at Columbia University in New York City. She earned her medical degree from the
University of Bonn, Germany, and a master of science degree in biostatistics from
Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health. She completed an internship in medicine
at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital in New York City, and trained in neurology and
clinical neurophysiology at Columbia University. She did a postdoctoral fellowship
in molecular biology of mitochondrial diseases at Columbia’s H. Houston Merritt
Center for Muscular Dystrophies and Related Diseases. While on the faculty of Columbia
University, she worked clinically in the neuromuscular division, the electromyography
laboratories, and the pediatric neuromuscular clinic. Her research focused on the
clinical investigation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) and mitochondrial diseases.
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