Thursday, January 14, 2021 12pm to 1pm
About this Event
*This event is for Faculty and Staff*
Open to Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medical Staff only.
Erika Augustine, MD, MS "Preparing for Therapeutic Discovery in Rare Neurological Diseases – Experiences in Batten Disease Research"
Dr. Erika Augustine is the Director of the Kennedy Krieger Clinical Trials Unit and the Institute’s inaugural Associate Chief Science Officer. Following residency training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology at Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Augustine completed dual fellowships in Pediatric Movement Disorders and Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Rochester. She was a member of the University of Rochester faculty for more than a decade prior to starting Kennedy Krieger. Dr. Augustine specializes in the care of children with movement disorders. Her research program focuses on advancing therapeutic development for rare pediatric neurological disorders, with emphasis on comprehensive clinical phenotyping and clinical trial design. Dr. Augustine leads programs developing novel therapeutics for the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Batten diseases), a group of rare pediatric neurodegenerative disorders. Her current work examines trial readiness of clinical outcomes and digital tools in Batten diseases, and she is the former Co-Director of the University of Rochester Batten Center.
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