Jinsy Andrews, MD, MSc, FAAN, FANA
New York University
Dr. Andrews is the Director of the ALS Center, Director of Clinical Trials, and Professor of Neurology at New York University (NYU). Dr. Andrews has experience conducting clinical trials in neuromuscular disorders from phase 1 to phase 3 in both academic and industry settings. Her focus has been on clinical trial design and outcomes. She is currently the elected co-chair of the Northeast ALS Consortium (NEALS), an ALS clinical trial consortium of over 160 international specialty centers. She is also an appointed Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) and Fellow of the American Neurological Association (FANA). She is a former Board of Trustee for the ALS Association. More recently, she has worked with US government entities including Congress, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institute of Health (NIH) to help increase funding for research, set priorities for research and improve efficiency for drug development in ALS. She has been recognized for her work and awarded the Healey International Prize for Innovation in ALS at the International Symposium on ALS/MND and received the Muscular Dystrophy Association/ Wings Over Wall Street’s Diamond Award for ALS research.
Dr. Andrews earned her Interdepartmental bachelor’s degree in music and biology from Union College, medical degree from Albany Medical College and her master’s degree in biostatics (Patient Oriented Research) from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She completed Neurology residency training at the University of Connecticut and fellowship in ALS/Neuromuscular disease and Clinical Neurophysiology at Columbia University. She is board certified in Neurology, Neuromuscular Disease and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.