Core Committee
Annamaria De Luca
University of Bari
Annamaria is a pharmacologist specialized in pre-clinical in vivo and ex vivo studies of inherited a...
Anna Mayhew
Newcastle University
Dr Anna Mayhew is a Consultant Research Physiotherapist at The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Resear...
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
LUMC
Prof. Dr. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is a professor of Translational Genetics at the Department of Human ...
Michael Kelly
MyoTherix
Michael Kelly has more than 25 years of experience in drug discovery and development organizations. ...
Volker Straub
John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre
Volker Straub is the Deputy Dean, Harold Macmillan Professor of Medicine and Professor of Neuromuscu...
Heather Gordish Dressman
Children's National Hospital
Dr. Gordish-Dressman is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School ...
James Dowling
SickKids
Dr. Jim Dowling is a clinician-scientist focused on gene discovery and therapy development for child...
Karim Wahbi
University of Paris
Karim Wahbi is Professor of Cardiology at the University of Paris, France and head of the reference ...
Sharon Hesterlee
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Sharon Hesterlee, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Officer at the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Prior ...
Lindsay Alfano
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Dr. Lindsay Alfano is a clinician and researcher serving as faculty in the Center for Gene Therapy a...
Extended Committee
In addition to the TACT core committee who attend all TACT reviews, we have a pool of over 150 global experts who are referred to as our extended committee. For each TACT application, a bespoke panel is put together with invited reviewers selected from the extended committee who are best placed to answer specific questions and provide tailored multidisciplinary advice.