Su Chun Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
ProfessorUniversity of Washington-Madison
Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD, is professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is also professor and director of the Signature Program in Neuroscience & Behavioral Disorders at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. He has developed technology to guide human stem cells to functionally specialized nerve cell types that are impaired in many neurological and psychiatric conditions. He has also developed stem cell-based platforms for studying neural degeneration and testing drugs for neurological diseases. In parallel, he is developing cell therapy for neurological diseases like Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury and stroke. Dr. Zhang was a founding member of the WiCell Institute and co-founder of BrainXell, Inc and BrainXell Therapeutics, Inc.