Thomas J. Taetzsch, Ph.D.

Dr. Thomas Taetzsch joined the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in 2024 and serves as a scientific program analyst in the Division of Neuroscience. Tom also supports biomarkers projects and the ALS Knowledge Portal for the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® for ALS (AMP® ALS). Tom received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Virginia Commonwealth University and performed postdoctoral research at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining NINDS, Tom was an investigator at Brown University where he researched the contributions of molecular changes to the decline of the neuromuscular system in aging and ALS.