Mel B. Feany

Mel B. Feany (born 1965/1966) is an American neuropathologist and geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital who researches neurodegenerative disease. She has been a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease since 2017.

Mel B. Feany
Born	1965/1966 (age 54–56) Prineville, Oregon
Citizenship	US
Education	Harvard University Yeshiva University
Scientific career
Institutions	Harvard University

Early life and education

Mel B. Feany, the daughter of Pat and Marion Feany, grew up in Prineville, Oregon. She was an only child and enjoyed visiting the library. She graduated from Crook County High School in 1982 at the age of sixteen as her class's valedictorian.[1] She earned a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Harvard University, staying to earn a PhD in 1993 with advisors Margaret Livingstone and Kathleen Buckley.[2] She then attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University for her Doctor of Medicine.[3]

Career

Feany completed a medical residency in anatomic pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, followed by a fellowship in neuropathology. She primarily researches the fruit fly Drosophila as a model for human neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. She is currently a professor of pathology at Harvard University at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[4] She has been a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease since 2017.[5]

Selected publications

• Feany, Mel B.; Bender, Welcome W. (2000). "A Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease". Nature. 404 (6776): 394–398. Bibcode:2000Natur.404..394F. doi:10.1038/35006074. PMID 10746727. S2CID 4423313.
• Shulman, Joshua M.; De Jager, Philip L.; Feany, Mel B. (2011). "Parkinson's Disease: Genetics and Pathogenesis". Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease. 6: 193–222. doi:10.1146/annurev-pathol-011110-130242. PMID 21034221.
• Chen, Li; Feany, Mel B. (2005). "Α-Synuclein phosphorylation controls neurotoxicity and inclusion formation in a Drosophila model of Parkinson disease". Nature Neuroscience. 8 (5): 657–663. doi:10.1038/nn1443. PMID 15834418. S2CID 17524124.

Awards and honors

Feany was awarded the Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology in 2009.[6] In 2019 she was awarded the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.[7][8]

References

1. "Prineville native sets the world of science abuzz". Pamplin Media Group. 26 February 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
2. "History of Enrollment in the Program in Neuroscience" (PDF). Harvard University. July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
3. "Dr. Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD". Mass General Brigham.
4. "Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD". The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
5. "Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
6. "ASIP Outstanding Investigator Award". Retrieved 20 January 2020.
7. "Mel Feany". National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
8. "Feany Honored with NINDS Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship". Brigham and Women's Hospital. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2021.