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Mark Brian Skeen

Professor of Neurology
Neurology, MS & Neuroimmunology
Duke Box 3849, Durham, NC 27710
122C Baker House, Durham, NC

Selected Grants


Deciphering the role of noncoding variation in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2021 - 2026

ECHO MS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECollaborator · Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society · 2023 - 2024

ECHO MS 2020

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Multiple Sclerosis Society · 2020 - 2022

PA Fellowship in Clinical Neuroimmunology

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Biogen, Inc. · 2017 - 2019

An Escalating Multiple Dose Study of ABT-555 in Subjects with Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by AbbVie Inc. · 2017 - 2018

Susceptibility MRI as a marker for diagnosis and clinical disability in MS

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

Defining the Functional Role of a Novel MS Susceptibility Gene, IL7R alpha chain

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2015

Topic Briefs TO#4_Disease Modifying Therapies on Multiple Sclerosis

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2015 - 2015

Criterial to Determine Disability Related to Multiple Sclerosis

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2002 - 2004

External Relationships


  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a subsidiary of AstraZeneca
  • Biogen Idec Inc.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • EMD Serono (Merck)
  • Genzyme Corporation (Sanofi Aventis)
  • Novartis
  • vielabio/horizon

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