2023-24 LLL Impact Report - Flipbook - Seite 17
ADVANCING ALS
RESEARCH
ONWARD
EVANGELOS KISKINIS
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
As part of our commitment
to invest in people, places,
and discoveries that will
lead to tomorrow’s trials,
treatments, and cures for
ALS, we proudly announced
that Evangelos Kiskinis,
PhD, from Northwestern
University will serve as the
Live Like Lou Foundation’s
Scienti昀椀c Director.
The Scienti昀椀c Director
will drive Live Like Lou’s
ALS research program
strategic direction with
support from our esteemed Scienti昀椀c Research
Committee and Board of Trustees.
“This role will ensure Live Like Lou’s
investments in emerging ALS research fund best
and next-in-class investigators and institutions,”
shared Wendy Faust, Live Like Lou Executive
Director. “Dr. Kiskinis will ensure we elevate our
impact through funding and help grow the reach
of the Live Like Lou ALS research community and
we are thrilled to welcome him in this role,” she
continued.
Dr. Kiskinis is a tenured Associate Professor
of Neurology and Neuroscience at Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine in
Chicago where he also serves as the Scienti昀椀c
Director of the Stem Cell Core. His lab is
focused on studying neurological diseases
using stem cell-based
approaches.
“In my work I seek to
improve our ability to treat
people with ALS,” shared
Dr. Kiskinis. “I pursue this
through focused,
translational research.
My goals include making
meaningful discoveries in
the lab, mentoring new
investigators, and
facilitating collaborations
in the ALS community.”
Born in Greece, he
moved to the UK when he was 19 and did his
undergraduate studies at the University of Surrey
and graduate work at Imperial College London.
In between, he spent a year in Basel, Switzerland,
working as a research trainee at Novartis
Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Kiskinis trained as a
postdoctoral fellow in Kevin Eggan’s lab at the
Harvard Stem Cell Institute where he pioneered
some of the 昀椀rst personalized stem cell models
of ALS.
He has received prestigious fellowships from
EMBO, the New York Stem Cell Foundation and
the Charles A. King Trust Medical Foundation and
in 2019 received the NYSCF Robertson Stem Cell
Investigator Award. Dr. Kiskinis currently serves
as an advisor to several biotech companies and
nonpro昀椀t organizations.
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