Omar S. Sherbini

Omar Sherbini is the program manager for the Global Leukodystrophy Initiative Clinical Trials Network (GLIA-CTN) and also serves as a clinical research program manager within the Leukodystrophy Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he oversees a team of clinical research coordinators, technicians, and scientists working on various biorepository and natural history studies.

Omar holds a masters of public health (MPH) degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a concentration in infectious diseases. He began his scientific career in the Institute for Cell Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, where he investigated stroke pathophysiology and neuroprotective agents in animal models.