Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD

Mel Feany is professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and a senior neuropathologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Feany’s research laboratory pioneered the modeling of common age-related human neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, in the fruit fly Drosophila. In addition to uncovering new molecules and mechanisms in Drosophila, members of the Feany laboratory work collaboratively to integrate data from human cells and tissue, as well as mammalian models, to identify core pathways that are dysregulated in neurodegenerative disease. These pathways represent attractive therapeutic targets. Dr. Feany is currently co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, the Frontiers in Clinical Medicine Award from the American Academy of Neurology and the 2019 Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from the NINDS.