The Operating Committee
A body of senior investigators appointed by the Dean at Johns Hopkins, this committee oversees day-to-day operations of the Center. Members perform the initial review of grants and develop research initiatives.

Jeffrey Rothstein, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Packard Center for ALS Research
Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Dwight E. Bergles, PhD
Neuron-glial Cell Interactions
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

David Cornblath, MD
Clinical Trials and Investigations
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Ted M. Dawson, MD, PhD
Molecular Mechanisms of Disease
Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

David Ginty, PhD
Growth and Survival Signals Controlling Nervous System Development
HHMI Investigator
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Richard Huganir, PhD
Mechanism of Synaptic Biology
HHMI Investigator
Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Alex Kolodkin, PhD
Transgenic Models
HHMI Investigator
Departments of Pathology, Neurology, Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Philip C. Wong, PhD
Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapeutics
Department of Pathology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD