Scientific Advisory Board

Marianna Castells, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Professor, Harvard Medical School, Allergy and Immunology; 
  • Director, Adverse Drug Reaction and Desensitization Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Mark S. Freedman, M.D.

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  • Professor, University of Ottawa
  • Executive Director, MS Research Unit at the Ottawa Hospital
  • Lead Investigator, Canadian Bone Marrow Transplant Study in MS
  • Director, Canadian Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in MS Study 
  • Co-Director, International Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in MS Study Group. 
  • Treasurer of the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in MS (ACTRIMS).

Adam Kaplin, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neuropsychiatry
  • Chief Psychiatric Consultant, Multiple Sclerosis and Transverse Myelitis Clinics, Department of Neurology
  • Attending Physician, HIV/AIDS Psychiatry Service,  Department of Psychiatry
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Timothy Riley, Ph.D.

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Emotionally intelligent, entrepreneurial Executive in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry with multiple drugs approved and approaching approval. These products are projected to be multi-billion dollar products and have created over $6 billion in market capitalization. Built and led successful teams in pharmaceutical research and development with over three decades of experience. Leadership positions include Executive position in business development for a top tier research medical school, decade long tenure as Executive Committee member of a publicly traded company, SVP of Global Research, and SVP of Quality. Directed internal and external international relationships. Therapeutic areas include Rare Diseases, Hemophilia, Pain, Oncology, Antivirals.