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Adeline Vanderver is the Director of the Myelin Disorders Program at Children’s National Health System. Adeline Vanderver is an international leader in the study of leukodystrophies, conditions that affect about one in 7,000 children.

Adeline Vanderver has been interested in solving the mysteries of inherited myelin disorders since she was a medical student. She was touched by families that had been trying for years to understand the medical condition their children were experiencing before receiving a diagnosis. Adeline Vanderver also is deeply involved in searching for genetic pathways that might explain how these conditions occur. Just as important, she says, is building community support for patients and their families.

Adeline Vanderver is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, and Integrative Systems Biology at George Washington University Medical Center. She also works with the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health.