SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Thomas Franklin, PhD
Dr. Franklin is an accomplished and well-published cardiovascular physiologist with 34 years of experience as a researcher, educator, and technology administrator including 18 years with Indiana University School of Medicine, serving as CEO of the Texas Health Research Institute, and currently as Executive Vice President of research and regulatory affairs for Organ Transport Systems, Inc. Dr. Franklin received his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his M.S. in Cardiovascular Physiology from Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and his B.S. in Biology from Wake Forest University. Dr. Franklin also has a grandson with PKU.
Dr. Emil Kakkis, MD, PhD
Dr. Kakkis is the President of the Kakkis Everylife Foundation and is best known for this work over the last 18 years in the development of novel treatments for rare and neglected diseases, including PKU and MPS. He has extensive drug development knowledge and previously guided the development and approval of Kuvan as the Chief Medical Officer at BioMarin. Dr. Kakkis received his B.S. in Biology from Pomona College and a combined M.D., PhD from UCLA and is board certified in both Pediatrics and Medical Genetics.
Dr. Harvey Levy, MD
Dr. Levy is a renowned metabolic physician at Children’s Hospital Boston and a Professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School with a specialty in Biochemical Genetics. Dr. Levy received his M.D from Medical College of Georgia, and is board certified in Pediatrics, Medical Genetics, and Clinical Biochemical Genetics.
Kathryn Mosely, MS, RD
Ms. Mosely is well known in the PKU community as a leading metabolic dietician and is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is currently the Chair of Public Policy for the American Dietetic Association Pediatric Nutrition Practice Group and President of the California Coalition for PKU and Allied Disorders. Kathryn received her B.S. in Dietetics and Food Service Administration at the California State University, Long Beach Ca., her M.S. in Human Nutrition at the University of New Haven. She also has an adult daughter with PKU.
Dr. Ray Stevens, PhD
Dr. Stevens is an internationally known and well published chemist and structural biologist who is focused on understanding and developing treatment options for various diseases and disorders. In 1997, he discovered the structure of phenylalanine hydroxylase (the protein responsible for PKU) and has helped lead to the development of Kuvan and PEG-PAL. He is currently a Professor at The Scripps Research Institute, a leading researcher and thought leader in the PKU community and currently sits on multiple editorial boards. Dr. Stevens received his B.A. from University of Southern Maine and a Ph.D. from University of Southern California followed by National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University.
Dr. Bryan Hainline, MD, PhD
Dr. Bryan Hainline is the Director at the Division of Clinical and Biomedical Genetics and the Medical Director of the Indiana University Genetic Counseling Program. Dr. Hainline received his MD and PhD degrees at Duke University, North Carolina. Dr. Hainline completed his pediatric internship and residency at the St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He underwent fellowship training in clinical, biochemical and molecular genetics at Washington University School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American Board of Medical Genetics, with certification in Clinical Genetics, and Biochemical/Molecular Genetics.
Dr. Uta Lichter-Konecki, MD, PhD
Dr. Uta Lichter-Konecki is director of the Metabolism Program at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. She earned her medical degree at the University of Heidelberg and her doctorate in medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at the University with a neuropediatrics and pediatric oncology related theme and completed her training in pediatrics and metabolic diseases. After her family moved to the United States, she enrolled in the Metropolitan Washington DC Medical Genetics Training program at the National Human Genome Research Institute and became board certified in clinical genetics in 2002 and in clinical biochemical genetics in 2005. She has 20 years of research and clinical experience in inborn errors of metabolism in both Europe and the US.
