Dana Lewis, PhD

Dr. Dana Lewis is an Associate Program Officer at the Coalition for Aligning Science (CAS) and Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), a basic science initiative aimed at unraveling the etiology of Parkinson’s disease.

Dr. Lewis earned her PhD in Neuroscience from George Washington University in the laboratory of Dr. Zayd Khaliq at the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. She completed her postdoctoral work at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the laboratory of Dr. Maya Opendak at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. As a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Lewis’ research focused on connecting neurophysiological measurements of mesolimbic circuits with behavior and biomarkers of disease. In addition to her expertise in neurophysiology and systems neuroscience, Dr. Lewis is passionate about facilitating science communication to scientists and nonscientists alike, and has served as editor of an undergraduate research journal and scientific community newsletter, education consultant for a patient-focused nonprofit, lecturer, and has served on numerous committees focused on communication and dissemination of science.