Sonja Waltraud Scholz, MD, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Adjunct Professor of Neurology

Background

Research Interests

Movement Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Neurogenomics, Parkinsonism

Google Scholar - Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Koh2zBcAAAAJ&hl=en&cstart=0&pagesize=20

PubMed - Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/sonja.scholz.1/bibliography/public

Selected Publications

• A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD. Renton AE, Majounie E, Waite A, Simón-Sánchez J, Rollinson S, Gibbs JR, Schymick JC, Laaksovirta H, van Swieten JC, Myllykangas L, Kalimo H, Paetau A, Abramzon Y, Remes AM, Kaganovich A, Scholz SW, Duckworth J, Ding J, Harmer DW, Hernandez DG, Johnson JO, Mok K, Ryten M, Trabzuni D, Guerreiro RJ, Orrell RW, Neal J, Murray A, Pearson J, Jansen IE, Sondervan D, Seelaar H, Blake D, Young K, Halliwell N, Callister JB, Toulson G, Richardson A, Gerhard A, Snowden J, Mann D, Neary D, Nalls MA, Peuralinna T, Jansson L, Isoviita VM, Kaivorinne AL, Hölttä-Vuori M, Ikonen E, Sulkava R, Benatar M, Wuu J, Chiò A, Restagno G, Borghero G, Sabatelli M; ITALSGEN Consortium, Heckerman D, Rogaeva E, Zinman L, Rothstein JD, Sendtner M, Drepper C, Eichler EE, Alkan C, Abdullaev Z, Pack SD, Dutra A, Pak E, Hardy J, Singleton A, Williams NM, Heutink P, Pickering-Brown S, Morris HR, Tienari PJ, Traynor BJ. Neuron. 2011 Oct 20;72(2):257-68

• Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease. Simón-Sánchez J, Schulte C, Bras JM, Sharma M, Gibbs JR, Berg D, Paisan-Ruiz C, Lichtner P, Scholz SW, Hernandez DG, Krüger R, Federoff M, Klein C, Goate A, Perlmutter J, Bonin M, Nalls MA, Illig T, Gieger C, Houlden H, Steffens M, Okun MS, Racette BA, Cookson MR, Foote KD, Fernandez HH, Traynor BJ, Schreiber S, Arepalli S, Zonozi R, Gwinn K, van der Brug M, Lopez G, Chanock SJ, Schatzkin A, Park Y, Hollenbeck A, Gao J, Huang X, Wood NW, Lorenz D, Deuschl G, Chen H, Riess O, Hardy JA, Singleton AB, Gasser T. Nat Genet. 2009 Dec;41(12):1308-12

• Genotype, haplotype and copy-number variation in worldwide human populations. Jakobsson M, Scholz SW, Scheet P, Gibbs JR, VanLiere JM, Fung HC, Szpiech ZA, Degnan JH, Wang K, Guerreiro R, Bras JM, Schymick JC, Hernandez DG, Traynor BJ, Simon-Sanchez J, Matarin M, Britton A, van de Leemput J, Rafferty I, Bucan M, Cann HM, Hardy JA, Rosenberg NA, Singleton AB. Nature. 2008 Feb 21;451(7181):998-1003

• Next-generation sequencing reveals substantial genetic contribution to dementia with Lewy bodies. Geiger JT, Ding J, Crain B, Pletnikova O, Letson C, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Pantelyat A, Gibbs JR, Albert MS, Hernandez DG, Hillis AE, Stone DJ, Singleton AB; North American Brain Expression Consortium, Hardy JA, Troncoso JC, Scholz SW. Neurobiol Dis. 2016 Oct;94:55-62.

• SNCA variants are associated with increased risk for multiple system atrophy. Scholz SW, Houlden H, Schulte C, Sharma M, Li A, Berg D, Melchers A, Paudel R, Gibbs JR, Simon-Sanchez J, Paisan-Ruiz C, Bras J, Ding J, Chen H, Traynor BJ, Arepalli S, Zonozi RR, Revesz T, Holton J, Wood N, Lees A, Oertel W, Wüllner U, Goldwurm S, Pellecchia MT, Illig T, Riess O, Fernandez HH, Rodriguez RL, Okun MS, Poewe W, Wenning GK, Hardy JA, Singleton AB, Del Sorbo F, Schneider S, Bhatia KP, Gasser T. Ann Neurol. 2009 May;65(5):610-4.

Honors

• McFarland Transition to Independence Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Norman Geschwind Prize in Behavioral Neurology, American Academy of Neurology, 5/6/19
• Lasker Clinical Research Scholar Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 10/14/18

Memberships

• American Academy of Neurology
• Movement Disorders Society
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• American Neurological Association
• American Society of Human Genetics