National Advisory Council

The CfNN National Advisory Council (NAC) includes noted researchers, several of whom have experience in founding and leading highly successful research centers at VA and other organizations. An important function of the NAC is to critique CfNN’s success (e.g., implementation of the Cores, expansion of Dissemination and Implementation activities). The NAC is particularly focused on CfNN’s success in translating research to restoring the health and function of Veterans. Diane Lipscombe, Ph.D., President of the Society for Neuroscience (2018-19), and Director of the Carney Institute for Brain Science at Brown University kindly sits on both the LAC and NAC to provide additional continuity and leadership.

National Advisory Council Members

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Alexander Dromerick, MD

  • Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Neurology
  • Chairman, Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University
  • Hospital Vice President for Research MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
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Matthew J. Friedman, MD

  • Professor of Psychiatry
  • Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Dartmouth Medical School
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Steven Kautz, PhD

  • Chair, Department of Health Sciences and Research Associate
  • Director, Center for Rehabilitation Research in Neurological Conditions Medical Univ. of South Carolina
  • Research Career Scientist – RR&D, Charleston VAMC
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Diane Lipscombe, PhD

  • Professor of Neuroscience Thomas J. Watson,
  • Senior Professor of Science
  • Director, Robert J. & Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science Brown University
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Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD

  • Director, Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Harvard Medical School
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Carolynn Patten, PhD, PT, FAPTA

  • Director, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Neuroscience (BRAIN) Lab University of California – Davis
  • Research Career Scientist, Northern California VA Health Care System