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Biography
Charlotte Jane Sumner is an American neurologist. She is a professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Education
Sumner graduated with a bachelor of arts in ecology and evolutionary biology, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1991. She completed a doctor of medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She was an intern in internal medicine from 1996 to 1997 at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Sumner completed a residency in neurology at UCSF from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2001, she completed a fellowship in neuromuscular disease at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She was a fellow in neurogenetics in Kenneth Fischbeck's lab at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke from 2001 to 2006.
Career
Sumner joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University as an assistant professor of neurology in 2006. In 2010, she became the co-director of the Charcot Marie Tooth Disease Clinic. In 2011, Sumner became an assistant professor of neuroscience.She became an associate professor of neurology and neuroscience in 2011. She is a professor of neurology at Johns Hopkins University as of 2019.
Research
Sumner researches inherited motor neuron and peripheral nerve diseases. She investigates molecular pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy and the development of therapeutics for related disorders. She has researched the efficacy of histone deacetylase inhibitors.
Personal life
Sumner is a member of the LGBT community and participates in the OUTList network of mentors at Johns Hopkins University.
