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Friedreich's ataxia

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Specialized doctors worldwide

Who leads research into Friedreich's ataxia? Everyone here comes from a public registry: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. Those are two different things, so we list them in two separate lists side by side instead of combining them into one figure.

Where these doctors work
Click or hover over a dot to see who works there. 22 of the 63 doctors are shown on the map — we only place those who work at an institution whose city we know, and do not guess for the rest.

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Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 David R Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States leads 11 studies · 33 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Theresa A Zesiewicz University of South Florida, United States leads 4 studies register →
  3. 3 Paola Giunti NHNN, 02034483153, United Kingdom leads 3 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Alexandra Durr Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, ICM, France leads 3 studies register →
  5. 5 Arnold Munnich Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France leads 3 studies register →
  6. 6 Martin B Delatycki Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia leads 3 studies register →
  7. 7 Franco Taroni Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "C. Besta" leads 2 studies register →
  8. 8 Gabriella Paparella, Medical Degree IRCCS E. Medea / Associazione la Nostra Famiglia, Italy leads 2 studies register →
  9. 9 Javier Arpa La Fundaction Para la Investigacion Biomedica, Madrid, Spain leads 2 studies register →
  10. 10 Jörg B. Schulz University Hospital Aachen, Dept. of Neurology leads 2 studies register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Massimo Pandolfo Hospital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium leads 2 studies register →
  2. 12 Nick Wood Dept of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology. The National Hospital, University college London. leads 2 studies register →
  3. 13 Pierre-Gilles Henry University of Minnesota, United States leads 2 studies register →
  4. 14 Ronald G Crystal Weill Medical College of Cornell University, United States leads 2 studies register →
  5. 15 Susan Perlman University of California, Los Angeles, United States leads 2 studies register →
  6. 16 Sylvia Boesch Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Neurology, Austria leads 1 study · 8 publications as last author register →
  7. 17 Shana E McCormack Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States leads 1 study · 6 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Kathrin Reetz University Hospital Aachen, Dept. of Neurology, Germany leads 1 study · 6 publications as last author register →
  9. 19 Caterina Mariotti Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Italy leads 1 study · 5 publications as last author register →
  10. 20 Gilles Naeije Université Libre de Bruxelles and Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme, Belgium leads 1 study · 3 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Andrea Martinuzzi IRCCS Eugenio Medea leads 1 study register →
  12. 22 Arnold MUNNICH, Pr,MD,PhD Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, France leads 1 study register →
  13. 23 Bart van de Warrenburg STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM leads 1 study register →
  14. 24 Bernhard Michalowsky, PD German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Rostock/ Greifswald, Germany leads 1 study register →
  15. 25 Carlo Casali Policlinico Umberto I°, Italy leads 1 study register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 David R Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States leads 11 studies · 33 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Louise A Corben Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia 13 publications as last author PubMed →
  3. 3 Paola Giunti NHNN, 02034483153, United Kingdom leads 3 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Ian A Blair Perelman School of Medicine, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Sylvia Boesch Medical University Innsbruck, Department of Neurology, Austria leads 1 study · 8 publications as last author register →
  6. 6 Chad Heatwole University of Rochester, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 7 Sergei M Mirkin Tufts University, United States 7 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 Shana E McCormack Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States leads 1 study · 6 publications as last author register →
  9. 9 Kathrin Reetz University Hospital Aachen, Dept. of Neurology, Germany leads 1 study · 6 publications as last author register →
  10. 10 Ian H Harding Central Clinical School, Australia 6 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 Elisa Cabiscol Universitat de Lleida, Spain 6 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Caterina Mariotti Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Italy leads 1 study · 5 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Katherine D Mathews University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, United States 5 publications as last author PubMed →
  4. 14 R Mark Payne Indiana University School of Medicine, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 15 Daniel J Kosman Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Javier Santos Instituto de Biociencias, Argentina 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Elena N Dedkova University of California, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 18 Kuanyu Li Medical School of Nanjing University, China 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Mirella Dottori University of Wollongong, Australia 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 20 Mohammed Faruq CSIR - Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  11. 21 Sanjay I Bidichandani University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, United States 4 publications as last author PubMed →
  12. 22 Gilles Naeije Université Libre de Bruxelles and Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles-Hôpital Erasme, Belgium leads 1 study · 3 publications as last author register →
  13. 23 Roderick P P W M Maas Donders Institute for Brain, Netherlands 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Elisabetta Indelicato Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria 3 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Faith A A Kwa Swinburne University of Technology, Australia 3 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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