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Principal Investigator

Sheng-Han Kuo, MD

H. Houston Merritt Associate Professor of Neurology

Director, Initiative for Columbia Ataxia and Tremor 

Dr. Kuo is a physician-scientist conducting research on diseases of the cerebellum, including ataxia and tremor. Kuo lab uses diverse methodologies to investigate the disease pathophysiology, including postmortem patient brains, preclinical models, and clinical trials, to collectively advance the knowledge of the cerebellar function and to develop therapies for ataxia and tremor. Dr. Kuo is the recipient of the American Academy of Neurology Research Fellowship Award, the Parkinson's Disease Foundation Lucien Côté Early Investigator Award in Clinical Genetics, Louis V. Gerstner Jr Scholar Merit Award, American Academy of Neurology Jon Stolk Award in Movement Disorders, and American Neurological Associate Derek Denny-Brown Award.

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Basic Science Research

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Alexander Fanning, Ph.D.

Program Manager

asf2200@cumc.columbia.edu

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Jessica Taylor

Administrative Assistant 

jtp2154@cumc.columbia.edu

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Kaylan Pan

 Research Student

kp2899@columbia.edu

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Ami Kumar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Sophie Ambrosino

Research Assistant

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Zena Fadel

Research Student

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Ilaria Balbo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

ib2526@cumc.columbia.edu

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 Xonhane C. Medina

Research Assistant

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 Karolina Majewska

Research Student

kam2357@cumc.columbia.edu

Clinical Science Research

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Kristen Matulis, DNP, APRN, AGNP-C

Nurse Practitioner

klm2257@cumc.columbia.edu

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Nadia Amokrane, B.A.

Senior Clinical Research Manager

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Natasha Desai, B.A

Clinical Research Manager

nd2528@cumc.columbia.edu

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Sandie Worley, MD

Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow

syw2123@cumc.columbia.edu

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Pia Parekh

Clinical Research Assistant

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Haidyn Emmerich

Clinical Staff Associate

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Hannah Lee

Clinical Research Assistant

hhl2124@cumc.columbia.edu

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Tiffany Chen

Research  Staff

tchen58@jhu.edu

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 Yicheng Lin

Postdoctoral Clinical Research Fellow 

yl5636@cumc.columbia.edu

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Vedika Basavatia 

Clinical Research Assistant

vpb2110@cumc.columbia.edu

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 Amy Arroyo

Clinical Research Assistant 

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 Jose Melenciano

Clinical Research Assistant 

jlm2351@cumc.columbia.edu

Collaborators

 

Ming-Kai Pan, M.D., Ph.D.

National Taiwan University

 

Phyllis Faust, M.D., Ph.D.

Columbia University

 

Elan Louis, M.D., M.Sc.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Lab Alumni

 

Roy Chi-Ying Lin, M.D., M.Sc.

Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine

Charles Chih-Chun Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Columbia University

Christian Amlang, M.D.

Assistant Professor at SUNY Downstate University

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Miriam Sklerov, M.D.

Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Lan Luo, M.D.

Assistant Professor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Deepak Gupta, M.D.

Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont

Julian P. Agin-Liebes, M.D

Assistant Professor at Columbia University

Chun-Lun Ni, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Indiana University

Sara Radmard, M.D.

Assistant Professor at Albany Medical Center

Ruo-Yah Lai

Medical Student at the University of South Florida

 

Danielle Lee

Medical Student at Rutgers University

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