The Repository Oversight Committee is responsible for:
- Reviewing sample and data proposals
- Guiding future enhancements and improvements to the design of the Repository
- Reviewing and providing recommendations for the longitudinal design of the Repository
Members of the Repository Oversight Committee include representatives from ACP, each active collection site, the Transverse Myelitis Association and the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation.
Current Repository Oversight Committee members:
Elliot Frohman, M.D., Ph.D.*
Professor of Neurology
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center |
Saud Sadiq, M.D.*
Founder and Director
Multiple Sclerosis Research Center
and International MS Management Practice of New York |
Rip Kinkel, M.D.*
Director
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard Medical School |
Hollie Schmidt, M.S.
VP of Scientific Operations
Accelerated Cure Project |
Augusto Miravalle, M.D.*
Assistant Professor and. Associate Director
University of Colorado |
Sanford J. Siegel, Ph.D.
President
Transverse Myelitis Association |
Valerie Pasquetto, Ph.D., P.M.P.
Director of Biorepository and Clinical
Consortium Programs
The Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation |
Lawrence Steinman, M.D.*
Chair, Interdepartmental Program in Immunology
Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine |
Michael Racke, M.D.*
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
The Ohio State University |
Ben Thrower, M.D.*
Medical Director
Multiple Sclerosis Institute at Shepherd Center |
Peter Riskind, M.D., Ph.D.*
Director, MS Clinic
Professor of Clinical Neurology
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Arun Venkatesan, M.D., Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Johns Hopkins Hospital |
* Indicates ACP Repository Principal Investigator