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Violaine K. Harris, PhD
Research Scientist
Dr. Harris joined the MSRCNY in 2004, where she has been developing cell therapy strategies to treat multiple sclerosis. In particular, Dr. Harris and her team have investigated adult stem cells from the bone marrow an autologous source of cells capable of repair and...
Edward Brydon, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Dr. Brydon's research interests encompass the study of the relationship between viral infection and MS, and mechanisms of immune pathology in MS. His current research efforts focus on the study of herpes viruses and the related immune mechanisms activated by infection. In the...
Massimiliano Cristofanilli, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
The biological basis of progressive MS, both secondary (SPMS) and primary (PPMS) is poorly understood pathologically and is generally treatment unresponsive. It is a difficult problem to investigate because the widely used animal model of MS, experimental allergic...
André Müller, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
André Müller, Ph.D. is a research associate at the MSRCNY whose undergraduate work in technical biology at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, prepared him to earn a doctorate from the University of Regensburg, Germany in 2005 Before he joined the MSRCNY in 2008 he...
Fozia Mir, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Dr. Mir received her PhD from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and completed her postdoctoral training at University of Illinois in Chicago. The focus of her research has been to investigate the role of thromboxane A2 receptor (TPR) in modulating the...
Jerry Lin, BS
Senior Staff Associate
Mr. Lin currently is investigating possible causes of neuronal degeneration. Mr. Lin is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a BA in Chemistry.
Previously, he was a research associate at the MS Research &...
Tamara Vyshkina, PhD
Research Associate
Dr. Vyshkina currently works in Dr. Harris’ team studying autologous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and neural precursor cells (NPCs) into mouse and rat models of multiple sclerosis, as well as studying the gene expression of MSCs and...