TylerMPiersonMDPhD

Summary

• I am a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of clinical and basic science research experience focusing on rare neurogenetic disorders. My goals are to help families with these disorders in the clinic as well as studying the disorders in my laboratory. I did my research training in the laboratory of Bert O’Malley, MD, working with the mifepristone-inducible gene system for gene therapy. I then completed pediatric neurology training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, followed by a fellowship in neurogenetics at the National Institutes of Health, as well as being an early member of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at NIH prior to moving to Cedars-Sinai. At Cedars-Sinai, I have worked to organize the Pediatric Neurogenetics Clinic and am part of the Center for the Undiagnosed Patient. My laboratory research focuses on developing methods to better understand and treat neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders of childhood.

Pierson Research Lab
The Pierson Laboratory is devoted to understanding the pathological mechanisms involved in pediatric neurogenetic disorders.