T21 Organization - T21 Research Society

The T21RS is integrated by world-leading experts on diverse topics of Trisomy 21 research, and subdivided into specific committees, workgroups and chapters.

Subcommittees

Adult Clinical Subcommittee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

Chair of the Clinical Committee

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

Co-chair Clinical Committee

King’s College London, UK

Andre Strydom

President (2020–2021)

New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA

Sharon Krinsky-McHale

Member

Institute of Aging and Dean, Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, China

Weihong Song

Member

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Juan Fortea

Member

Founder and director of the University of Colorado Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center, USA

Huntington Potter

Member

Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA

Michael Rafii

Member

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA

Alberto Costa

Member

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Member

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Sigan Hartley

Member

Centre for Continuing Healthcare and Frailty Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy

Angelo Carfi

Member

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Member

Clinical Research Committee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

Chair of the Clinical Committee

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

Co-chair Clinical Committee

King’s College London, UK

Andre Strydom

President (2020–2021)

New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA

Sharon Krinsky-McHale

Member

Institute of Aging and Dean, Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, China

Weihong Song

Member

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Juan Fortea

Member

Founder and director of the University of Colorado Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center, USA

Huntington Potter

Member

Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA

Michael Rafii

Member

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA

Alberto Costa

Member

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Member

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Sigan Hartley

Member

Centre for Continuing Healthcare and Frailty Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy

Angelo Carfi

Member

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Member

Developmental Clinical Subcommittee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

Chair of the Clinical Committee

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy

Floriana Costanzo

Chair of the Science & Society Committee

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

Co-chair Clinical Committee

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Pierre-Yves Maillard

Member

Royal Free Hospital Trust, London

Ella Rachamim

University of South Carolina, USA

Elizabeth Will

Member

Phoenix Children's, USA

Dannah Raz

Member

University of Washington, USA

Hannah Rea

Member

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA

Anna Esbensen

Member

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Ana Claudia Brandão

Member

Bambino Gesú Children’s Hospital, Italy

Stefano Vicari

Member

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Stephanie Santoro

Member

University of Utah, USA

Julie Korenberg

Member

RTI International, USA

Jessica Hunter

Member

Medical University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Cécile Cieuta-Walti

Member

Education & Training Committee

University of Bologna, Italy

Renata Bartesaghi

President

University of Bologna, Italy

Fiorenza Stagni

Co-chair of the Education & Training Committee

University of Bologna, Italy

Marco Emili

Chair of Education and Training Committee

University of Cantabria, Spain

Carmen Martínez-Cué

Member

Preclinical Research Committee

Dementia Research Institute at UCL, London, UK

Frances Wiseman

Chair of the Preclinical Committee

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. USA

Randall Roper

Co-chair of Preclinical Committee

Paris Brain Institute (ICM), France

Marie-Claude Potier

Past President (2024-2025)

University of California San Diego, USA

William Mobley

Past President (2022–2023)

Center for Genomic Regulation, Spain

Mara Dierssen

Chair of the Neuropathology Workgroup

Johns Hopkins University, USA

Roger Reeves

Past President (2016–2017)

Brain and Spine Institute (CNRS), France

Jean Delabar

Past President (2014–2015)

University of Geneva, Switzerland

Stylianos Antonarakis

Member

University College London, UK

Elizabeth Fisher

Member

George Washington University School of Medicine, USA

Tarik Haydar

Member

Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France

Yann Herault

Member

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA

Eugene YU

Member

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Bruna L. Zampieri

Member

University of South Carolina, USA

Kristy Welshhans

Member

University of Dayton, USA

Aaron Sathyanesan

Member

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Antonella Tramutola

Member

IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Spain

Vicky Puig

Member

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA

Summer Thyme

Member

Bar Ilan University, Israel

Eitan Okun

Member

School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Michelle Maugham-Macan

Member

Program Committee

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA

Kelly Sullivan

Chair of the Program Committee

University of Denver, USA

Lotta Granholm

Co-Chair of the Program Committee

University of California San Diego, USA

William Mobley

Past President (2022–2023)

The Lundquist Institute / UCLA, USA

Soula Danopoulos

Member

Columbia University, USA

Patrick Lao

Member

Texas A&M University, USA

Larry Suva

Member

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Eleanor Molloy

Member

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Italy

Diletta Valentini

Member

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA

Anna Esbensen

Member

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Bruna L. Zampieri

Member

Science & Society Committee

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy

Floriana Costanzo

Chair of the Science & Society Committee

University of Calcutta, India

Sujay Ghosh

Co-Chair of the Science & Society Committee

University of Denver, USA

Lotta Granholm

Co-Chair of the Program Committee

School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Michelle Maugham-Macan

Member

King’s College London and The LonDownS Consortium, UK

Asaad Baksh

Member

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Maria Carmona Iragui

Member

Boston University, USA

Eric Rubenstein

Member

French Association for Research on Trisomy 21 (AFRT), France

Jacqueline London

Member

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Isabel Barroeta

Member

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Member

LuMind IDSC Foundation, USA

Hampus Hillerstrom

Member

University of Barcelona, Spain

Sebastián Videla

Member

Sponsoring & Membership Committee

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Eugenio Barone

Chair of the Sponsorship & Membership Committee

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Marzia Pierluigi

Co-chair Sponsorship & Membership Committee

University of Calcutta, India

Sujay Ghosh

Co-Chair of the Science & Society Committee

Paris Brain Institute (ICM), France

Marie-Claude Potier

Past President (2024-2025)

Global Down Syndrome Foundation, USA

Michelle Sie Whitten

Member

Shenzhen People's Hospital, China

Yong Dai

Member

Instituto Ferreyra, Argentina

Pablo Helguera

Member

LuMind IDSC Foundation, USA

Hampus Hillerstrom

Member

University of Cantabria, Spain

Carmen Martínez-Cué

Member

Workgroups

Communications Workgroup

University of Calcutta, India

Sujay Ghosh

Co-Chair of the Science & Society Committee

University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Esteban Rozen

Chair of the Communications Workgroup

Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile

Oscar M Lazo

Member

Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France

Véronique Brault

Member

Drexel University, USA

Nancy Raitano Lee

Member

University of Texas, USA

Paula Hernández

Member

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Natalia Valle Tamayo

Member

University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Sara Francisca Ramalhosa Guerreiro

Member

Medical University of South Carolina, USA

Eric D. Hamlett

Member of the Communications Workgroup

Neuropathology Workgroup

Center for Genomic Regulation, Spain

Mara Dierssen

Chair of the Neuropathology Workgroup

T21RS Organization

Subcommittees

Adult Clinical Subcommittee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

King’s College London, UK

Andre Strydom

New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA

Sharon Krinsky-McHale

Institute of Aging and Dean, Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, China

Weihong Song

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Juan Fortea

Founder and director of the University of Colorado Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center, USA

Huntington Potter

Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA

Michael Rafii

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA

Alberto Costa

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Sigan Hartley

Centre for Continuing Healthcare and Frailty Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy

Angelo Carfi

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Clinical Research Committee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

King’s College London, UK

Andre Strydom

New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, USA

Sharon Krinsky-McHale

Institute of Aging and Dean, Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, China

Weihong Song

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Juan Fortea

Founder and director of the University of Colorado Alzheimer’s and Cognition Center, USA

Huntington Potter

Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, University of Southern California, USA

Michael Rafii

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, USA

Alberto Costa

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Sigan Hartley

Centre for Continuing Healthcare and Frailty Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Italy

Angelo Carfi

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Anne-Shopie Rebillat

Developmental Clinical Subcommittee

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Brian Skotko

Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Italy

Floriana Costanzo

University of Cambridge, UK

Shahid Zaman

Jérôme Lejeune Institute, France

Pierre-Yves Maillard

Royal Free Hospital Trust, London

Ella Rachamim

University of South Carolina, USA

Elizabeth Will

Phoenix Children's, USA

Dannah Raz

University of Washington, USA

Hannah Rea

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA

Anna Esbensen

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

Ana Claudia Brandão

Bambino Gesú Children’s Hospital, Italy

Stefano Vicari

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA