Office of the Director biographies

Adrian J. Ivinson, PhD, is the founding Director of the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center (originally the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair). Dr. Ivinson helped develop the vision of an integrated and tightly managed research center engaged in groundbreaking and collaborative research at Harvard Medical School, its affiliated research hospitals, and other leading research groups around the world. Prior to his appointment as Director, Dr. Ivinson was special advisor to the Provost of Harvard University. From 1993-2000 he held a number of leadership positions at the prestigious Nature Publishing Group, including Editor-in-Chief of the journal Nature Medicine and Publisher of the monthly journals. Trained as a geneticist, Dr. Ivinson's research career focused on the genetics of single gene disorders.

Jean-Cosme Dodart, PhD, is the Director of the Mouse NeuroBehavior Core. Dr. Dodart received his PhD degree in Neuroscience from The University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Eli Lilly & Co. Prior to joining the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center, Dr. Dodart led Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratories and contributed to diverse drug discovery programs for neurodegenerative diseases, first at Eli Lilly & Co. and subsequently at Merck & Co.

Patti A. Stoll, MBA, is the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center’s Deputy Director with responsibility for marketing and development. Previously, Ms. Stoll spent 24 years in the financial services industry, most recently as a Managing Director in the Alternative Investment Group at Bank of America, directing the development, management and marketing of private equity and hedge funds. Previous experience includes a variety of senior corporate finance and lending positions at FleetBoston and Bank of Boston.

Karen Adams is the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center's Program Manager with responsibility for financial management of the Center's programs. She previously spent six years working in higher education administration. Ms. Adams received her MBA and MSIS degrees from Boston University.

Jon Lu is the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center’s Administrative Associate. Mr. Lu has a degree from Bentley University, and provides project and administrative support to the Deputy Director.