Christina Gurnett, M.D., Ph.D., is the A. Ernest and Jane G. Stein Professor of Neurology and the head of the Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology at Washington University in St Louis, and the Chief of Neurology at St Louis Children’s Hospital. She completed MD/PhD degrees at the University of Iowa, followed by Pediatric Neurology and Neurophysiology fellowship training at Washington University in St Louis. Dr. Gurnett has an active research laboratory whose focus is understanding the etiology of neurogenetic disorders. She has extensive leadership experience, including Co-Director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center and Associate Director of the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science at Washington University.