Research rooted in compassion

Our scientific work has always been grounded in the needs of humanity. Together with a consortium of international experts, our research is fully dedicated to bettering the life of each person.

Research initiatives and programs

Bringing the best minds together, we believe that collaborative research is key to finally unlocking the cure. Working closely with Massachussets General Hospital's Collaborative Center for XDP, our joint efforts have served as the model for tackling rare diseases, creating innovative reasearch initiatives and programs that continue to elevate Philippine science.

Research team and partners

Cristopher Bragg, PhD
Director
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Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
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Department of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Anne B. Young, MD, PhD
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Former Chief of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Clinical Neurologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, JD, MPP
Co-Founder
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Founder and President,
Sunshine Care Foundation, Inc.
Amy Alessi, PhD
Program Director
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Department of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nutan Sharma, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
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Director, Mass General Brigham
Dystonia Clinic,
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Principal Investigator,
Dystonia Partners Research Bank
Albert Hung, MD, PhD
Co-Head, Clinical Research
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Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
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Senior Clinical Neurologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Associate Director, Mass General
Movement Disorders Unit
Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD
Head, XDP Brain Bank
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Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Neurologist in the Movement Disorders Dystonia Clinic
and Huntington's Disease Unit
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Talkowski, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology (Genetics),
Psychiatry, and Pathology
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Director, Center for Genomic Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Associate Member, Broad Institute of
MIT and Harvard
Xandra Breakefield, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School
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Senior Clinical Neurologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Associate Director, Mass General
Movement Disorders Unit
Ellen B. Penney, MD, PhD
Head, XDP Brain Bank
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Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Neurologist in the Movement Disorders Dystonia Clinic
and Huntington's Disease Unit
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Anne B. Young, MD, PhD
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
—
Former Chief of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
—
Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
—
Clinical Neurologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Chief of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Director, Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS
Craig Blackstone, MD, PhD
Chief, Movement Disorders,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Kathleen H. Burns, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute
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Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology,
Duke University Medical Center
Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD
Global Head of Translational Medicine for
Neuroscience Novartis
David Eidelberg, MD
Professor and Director, Center for Neurosciences,
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Hubert Fernandez, MD
James and Constance Brown Family Endowed
Chair in Movement Disorders
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Professor of Medicine (Neurology),
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Ann Graybiel, PhD
Institute Professor, Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences, MIT
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Principal Investigator, McGovern Institute for
Brain Research, MIT
David Housman, PhD
Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biology
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Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer
Research, MIT
Danilo Tagle, PhD, MS
Associate Director for Special Initiatives,
Office of the Director
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National Center for Advancing Translational
Sciences, National Institutes of Health
Cid Czarina Diesta, MD
Principal Investigator, XDP Tissue Bank
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Neurology - Movement Disorders Specialist
Head, Movement Disorders Czlinics
Makati Medical Center, Makati, Philippines
Marian DiFiglia, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
David Eidelberg, MD
Professor and Director, Center for Neurosciences,
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Sir Richard Faull, KNZM, FRSNZ
University Distinguished Professor,
University of Aukland
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Director, Centre for Brain Research and a Professor
of Anatomy, University of Aukland
Ann Graybiel, PhD
Institute Professor, Department of Brain and
Cognitive Sciences, MIT
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Principal Investigator, McGovern Institute for
Brain Research, MIT
Charles Vanderburg, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Stanley Center for
Neurobiology Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Jean Paul Vonsattel, MD
Director of the New York Brain Bank
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Professor of Pathology, Taub Institute
Columbia University Medical School
Anne B. Young, MD, PhD
Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board
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Julieanne Dorne Distinguished Professor
of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
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Former Chief of Neurology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Broad Institute, Massachusetts, USA
The Buck Institute for Research and Aging, Novato, USA
Gladstone Institutres
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Children’s hospital of Philadelphia
Genome Sciences, University of Washington
Boston Children’s Hospital
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Makati Medical Center, Philippines
Duke University, School of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute
International Parkinson and Movement Society
Center for Genomic Medicine
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