Dr. Thomas Wichmann received medical training at the Universities of Münster and Freiburg (Germany), postdoctoral research training at the University of Freiburg and Johns Hopkins University and neurology residency training at Emory University. He has been a faculty member at Emory since 1996, specializing in research into the pathophysiology of parkinsonism and the clinical care of patients with movement disorders. He is currently the A. Worley Brown Professor of Neurology, associate director of the movement disorder division in neurology, and associate director for scientific programs at the Emory National Primate Research Center. His research has been continuously funded by NIH and published in high-impact journals. Dr. Wichmann leads Emory’s NINDS-funded Udall Center of Excellence in Parkinson’s Disease Research and the American Parkinson’s Disease Association’s Center for Advanced Research at Emory, and he is coordinating lead PI of the ASAP Collaborative Research Network Team Wichmann.