Howard L. Weiner
Howard L Weiner | |
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| Born | December 25, 1944 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado Medical School |
| Known for | multiple sclerosis research |
| Children | Ron Weiner, Dan Weiner |
| Awards | John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurology, Immunology |
| Institutions | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Howard L. Weiner (born December 25, 1944) is an American neurologist, neuroscientist and immunologist who is also a writer and filmmaker. He performs clinical and basic research focused on multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurologic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS). His work also focuses on autoimmune diseases such as diabetes. Weiner is the Robert L. Kroc Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, director of the Brigham MS Center at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases established in 2014, at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.