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is Professor of Neuroscience and Attending Neurologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Tuszynski has performed pioneering research in the regeneration of CNS axons by use of genetically modified cell grafts, notably in the areas of spinal cord injury and Alzheimer's disease. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Silvio Conte Physician-Scientist Award, the Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair, and the C.U. Ariens Kappers Medal from the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, the National Paralysis Foundation Spinal Cord Injury Research Award, and the Barbara Haugh Alzheimer's Disease Research Award. He is on the editorial boards of several neurology and neuroscience journals, and serves as a reviewer for, among others, Nature, PNAS, Journal of Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology, Cell Transplantation, and Gene Therapy. Dr. Tuszynski received his B.A. in Biology and his M.D. from the University of Minnesota, and his Ph.D. in Neurosciences from UCSD. He completed his Neurology Residency at Cornell University Medical Center. | 