The Tom Stivison Memorial Research Grant
Contributed by: Sandra (Cookie) Stivison
Established in 2015.
Matthias Schmitz received his PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for experimental Medicine in Goettingen. His postdoctoral training at the University Medical Center of Goettingen (Germany) started in 2007 before he finished his habilitation in 2019.
During this time, Matthias Schmitz published extensively in the field of prion diseases and other neurodegenerative diseases. He made substantial contributions to biomarker research in cerebrospinal fluid and other peripheral body fluids. His current work focuses on the development of a reliable and accurate test system for prion disease diagnostic, prognosis as well as in monitoring disease progression. He plans to optimize the prion aggregation assay, RT-QuIC, for the detection of pathological prions in tear fluid.
Contributed by: Sandra (Cookie) Stivison
Established in 2015.
Contributed by: Jeanne Cole
Established in 2015.
Contributed by: David Morris and Family
This grant was established in 2019.
This website was made possible by a generous donation from Cookie Stivison, in memory of her husband Tom Stivison, and a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.