Dr. Ostrow is a neurologist and ALS researcher at the MDA/ALS Center of Hope at Temple University. He holds both an MD and a PhD in Biophysics from the State University of New York, Buffalo, and completed neuromuscular fellowship training at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Ostrow directs the ALS Postmortem Core, a collaboration with the CDC National ALS Biorepository that makes autopsy tissues and data available to researchers around the world. He also serves as Chair of the Department of Defense ALS Research Program’s Programmatic Panel, influencing national research funding strategy. He is active in multidisciplinary clinical care, biomarker research, and global efforts to harmonize ALS research resources.