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Andrea Gropman, MD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Director, Neurometabolic Translational Research

Mark F. Tamer Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurology

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Gropman was named the 2025 recipient of the Hower Award from the Child Neurology Society, honoring her as an outstanding teacher and scholar. 

Contact Information

Andrea Gropman, MD

Center for Experimental Therapeutics

MS 760

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-7356(phone)

Affiliations

Department of Pediatric Medicine

Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative

Center for Experimental Neurotherapeutics

Education

BA – Brandeis University, Waltham, MA MD – UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA Residency (Pediatrics) – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Residency (Adult Neurology) – The George Washington University Medical School and Health Sciences, Washington, DC Fellowship (Pediatric Neurology) – Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC Fellowship (Clinical Genetics) – National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health Fellowship (Biochemical Genetics) – National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

Research Interests

  • Evaluating neurocognitive injury in inborn errors of metabolism using multimodal neuroimaging
  • Pharmacologic development in mitochondrial disorders and urea cycle disorders
  • Mitochondrial and leukodystrophy disease multimodal assessment to establish clinical trial readiness
  • Using fNIRs to establish biomarkers of executive function deficits in intoxication type metabolic disorders
  • Establishing biomarkers for clinical trial readiness in mendelian disorders associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities

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