Michael Mullan

MD, PhD

Executive Director

Biography

Dr. Mullan trained both as a physician, treating patients with neuropsychiatric diseases, and also as a neuroscientist. He has authored over 300 scientific publications on Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurological disorders and focuses on finding new treatments for them.

Recent Publications

Blocking angiogenesis and tumorigenesis with GFA-116, a synthetic molecule that inhibits binding of vascular endothelial growth factor to its receptor

Authors: Jiazhi Sun, Michelle A Blaskovich, Rishi K Jain, Frederic Delarue, Daniel Paris, Steven Brem, Marguerite Wotoczek-Obadia, Qing Lin, Domenico Coppola, Kihang Choi, Michael Mullan, Andrew D Hamilton, and Saïd M Sebti

Publish Date: May 17, 2026

Targeting dual specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A mitigates tauopathy and enhances recovery after repetitive head injury

Authors: Benoit Melchior, Mackenzie Browning, Robyn McCartan, Carolyn Lai, Coral Hahn-Townsend, Arissa Gratkowski, Alexander Morin, Michael Mullan, Fiona Crawford, Mirta Grifmana, and Benoit Mouzon

Publish Date: February 5, 2026

Oleoylethanolamide supplementation improves mood and reduces fatigue in veterans with GWI in a 15-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled exploratory clinical trial

Authors: Laila Abdullah, Andrew P. Keegan, Michael Hoffmann, James Baraniuk, Wendy Mack, Kimberly Sullivan, Cheryl Luis, Cheryl Rindfleisch, Claire J.C. Huguenard, Adam Cseresznye, Gregory J. Aldrich, James E. Evans, Daniel Paris, Dakota Helgager, Fiona Crawford, and Michael Mullan

Publish Date: January 9, 2026

Prophylactic treatment with amnion progenitor cell secretome mitigates traumatic optic neuropathy

Authors: Mackenzie Browning, Robyn McCartan, Arissa Gratkowski, Daniel Paris, Andrew Pearson, Alexander Morin, Scott Ferguson, Larry Brown, Howard Wessel, Radouil Tzekov, Michael Mullan, Fiona Crawford, and Benoit Mouzon

Publish Date: October 10, 2025