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Robert Miller is the senior associate dean for research and the Vivian Gill Distinguished Research Professor at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Miller has a primary interest in central nervous system (CNS) neural development with a focus on understanding the biology of neural diseases including Multiple Sclerosis, brain tumors, and Cerebral Palsy. His development research has focused on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate glial cell determination in the developing vertebrate CNS. He earned his BS and PhD from University College of London.

Paul Phillips is a professor of pharmacology and psychiatry at the University of Washington. He previously served as a research assistant professor in psychology at University of North Carolina. Phillips earned his PhD in neuroscience from St. Bartholomew’s and the University of London and completed his postdoctoral work under Mark Wightman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Wendy Macklin is a professor and chair of cell and development biology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her research interests focus on oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination in the central nervous system. Macklin earned her MS from Yale University and her PhD from Stanford University.

Lique Coolen, PhD, MBA, is a neuroscientist in the Brain Health Research Institute and professor in the department of biological sciences at Kent State. She previously held faculty positions at the University of Cincinnati, University of Western Ontario, University of Michigan, and University of Mississippi Medical Center. She has received numerous awards for her research and teaching on spinal cord injury, neuroendocrine function, and drug addiction. Coolen has served in numerous leadership roles and currently serves as assistant for special projects to the provost and senior vice president at Kent State University in the Division of Academic Affairs. Coolen also serves as chair of the Neuroscience Training Committee for the Society of Neuroscience.