Howard L. Weiner

Howard L Weiner
Born (1944-12-25) December 25, 1944 (age 79)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Colorado Medical School
Known formultiple sclerosis research
ChildrenRon Weiner,[2] Dan Weiner
AwardsJohn Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research (2007)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsNeurology, Immunology
InstitutionsBrigham 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.[3] 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[4] at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and co-director of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases[5] established in 2014, at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

  1. ^ "John Dystel Prize Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hammond was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Howard Lee Weiner, MD - Brigham and Women's Hospital". brighamandwomens.org.
  4. ^ "Brigham MS Center".
  5. ^ "Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases - Brigham and Women's Hospital". brighamandwomens.org.