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Kenneth L. Marek, MD - Scientific Advisory Board
President and Senior Scientist
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
New Haven, Connecticut

Kenneth L. Marek graduated from Princeton University with a degree in biochemistry, and received his MD from Yale University. He was trained in internal medicine and neurology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is board certified in both of these specialties. He received further training as a post-doctoral fellow in neurochemistry at the Institute of Neurology, Queens Square, London. He was a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and then at Yale University School of Medicine before starting the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Marek has been a recipient of the National Parkinson's Foundation Richard E. Heikkala Research Scholar Award. His major research interests include identification of biomarkers for early detection, assessment of disease progression and development of new treatments for Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington's disease and dystonia. His specific interest has been in in vivo neuroreceptor imaging in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. He has authored numerous neurology and neuroscience publications on these topics. Marek is the principal investigator of several multi-center international studies investigating the use of imaging to assess the onset, progression, and effect of treatment in Parkinson's disease.