AUTHORS	
                 LEAD	AUTHOR	
                 Erik	Lontok,	PhD	
                 CONTRIBUTING	AUTHORS	
                 LaTese	Briggs,	PhD	                                      Ebony	Mosley	
                 Maura	Donlan	                                            Ekemini	A.U.	Riley,	PhD	
                 YooRi	Kim,	MS	                                           Melissa	Stevens,	MBA	
                 	
                 LIPEDEMA	SCIENTIFIC	ADVISORY	GROUP	
                 We	graciously	thank	the	members	of	the	Lipedema	Scientific	Advisory	Group	for	their	participation	and	
                 contribution	to	the	Lipedema	Research	Project	and	Giving	Smarter	Guide.	The	informative	discussions	
                 before,	during,	and	after	the	Lipedema	Scientific	Retreat	were	critical	to	identifying	the	unmet	needs	
                 and	philanthropic	opportunities	to	develop	the	lipedema	research	space	and	ultimately	benefit	
                 lipedema	patients.	
                 	
                 Sara	Al-Ghadban,	PhD	                                    Deborah	Clegg,	PhD	
                 Postdoctoral	Research	Fellow,		                          Professor,	Department	of	Biomedical	Research	
                 Department	of	Medicine	                                  Cedars-Sinai	Diabetes	and	Obesity	Research	
                 TREAT	Program	                                           Institute	
                 University	of	Arizona	                                   	
                 	                                                        Rachelle	Crescenzi,	PhD	
                 Tobias	Bertsch,	MD,	PhD	                                 Research	Fellow,	Institute	of	Imaging	Science	
                 Senior	Lecturer,	Department	of	Health	                   Vanderbilt	University	
                 Education,	University	of	Freiburg	                       	
                 Senior	Consultant,		                                     Walter	Cromer,	PhD	
                 Foeldi	Clinic,	Germany	                                  Assistant	Research	Scientist,	Immunology,	
                 	                                                        Vascular	Physiology,	and	Lymphatic	Biology	
                 Echoe	Bouta,	PhD	                                        Texas	A&M	Health	Science	Center	
                 Research	Fellow,	Radiation	Oncology	                     	
                 Massachusetts	General	Hospital	                          Kristiana	Gordon,	MBBS,	MRCP,	CLT,	MD(Res)	
                 	                                                        Consultant	in	Dermatology	and		
                 Glen	Brice	                                              Lymphovascular	Medicine,	
                 Genetic	Counselor,	Clinical	Genetics	                    St.	George’s,	University	of	London	
                 St.	George’s,	University	of	London	                      	
                 	                                                        Carol	Haft,	PhD	
                 Bruce	A.	Bunnell,	PhD	                                   Program	Director,	Division	of	Diabetes,	
                 Professor,	Department	of	Pharmacology	                   Endocrinology,	and	Metabolic	Diseases	
                 Director,	Tulane	Center	for	Stem	Cell	Research	          National	Institute	of	Diabetes	and	Digestive	and	
                 Chairman,	Division	of	Gene	Therapy,	Tulane	              Kidney	Diseases,	National	Institutes	of	Health	
                 National	Primate	Research	Center	                        	
                 Tulane	University	School	of	Medicine	                    `	
                                                                                                                          	
                                                               	
               Natasha	Harvey,	PhD	                                Tim	Padera,	PhD	
               Head,	Lymphatic	Development	Laboratory	             Associate	Professor,	Radiation	Oncology,	
               Centre	for	Cancer	Biology	                          Massachusetts	General	Hospital	and	Harvard	
               University	of	South	Australia	                      Medical	School	
               	                                                   	
               Ad	Hendrickx,	BHS,	Physical	Therapist	              Neil	Piller,	PhD,	FACP	
               Doctoral	Candidate,	Hanze	University	of	Applied	    Director,	Lymphoedema	Clinical	Research	Unit	
               Sciences,	Groningen	                                Professor,	Department	of	Surgery	
               Head,	Department	of	Physical	Therapy,	Expert	       Flinders	Medical	Centre	
               Centre	for	Lymphovascular	Medicine	                 	
               Nij	Smellinghe	Hospital	                            Joseph	Rutkowski,	PhD	
               	                                                   Assistant	Professor,	Medical	Physiology	
               Karen	Herbst,	PhD,	MD	                              Texas	A&M	College	of	Medicine	
               Associate	Professor	of	Medicine,		                  	
               Division	of	Endocrinology	                          Philipp	Scherer,	PhD	
               Director	of	the	TREAT	Program	                      Professor,	Department	of	Internal	Medicine	
               University	of	Arizona	                              Director,	Touchstone	Diabetes	Center	
               	                                                   The	University	of	Texas	Southwestern	Medical	
               Yann	Klimentidis,	PhD	                              Center	
               Assistant	Professor,	Department	of	                 	
               Epidemiology	and	Biostatistics	                     Hamish	Scott,	PhD	
               University	of	Arizona	                              Head,	Department	of	Molecular	Pathology	
               	                                                   Centre	for	Cancer	Biology	
               Amira	Klip,	PhD	                                    University	of	South	Australia	
               Senior	Scientist,	Cell	Biology	Program,	            	
               The	Hospital	for	Sick	Children,		                   Eva	Sevick-Muraca,	PhD	
               Professor	of	Biochemistry,	Physiology	and	          Professor,	Cullen	Chair	in	Molecular	Medicine	
               Paediatrics,	The	University	of	Toronto	             Director,	Center	for	Molecular	Imaging	
               	                                                   University	of	Texas	Health	Science	Center,	
               Babak	Mehrara,	MD	                                  Houston	
               Physician-scientist,	                               	
               Plastic	and	Reconstructive	Surgery	                 Carrie	Shawber,	PhD	
               Memorial	Sloan	Kettering	Cancer	Center	             Assistant	Professor,	Reproductive	Sciences	in	
               	                                                   OB/GYN	&	Surgery	Department	of	Obstetrics	&	
               Chia-Ling	Nhan-Chang,	MD,	MS,	FACOG	                Gynecology	
               Assistant	Clinical	Professor	of	Obstetrics	and	     Columbia	University	Medical	Center	
               Gynecology,	Division	of	Maternal	Fetal	Medicine	    	
               Department	of	Obstetrics	&	Gynecology	              Melody	Swartz,	PhD	
               Columbia	University	Medical	Center	                 William	B.	Ogden	Professor,	
               	                                                   Institute	for	Molecular	Engineering	
               Pia	Ostergaard,	PhD	                                University	of	Chicago	
               Senior	Lecturer	in	Human	Genetics,	                 	
               Institute	of	Cardiovascular	and	Cell	Sciences	      	
               St.	George’s,	University	of	London	                 	
                                                                                                                	
                                                                   	
                Jens	Marc	Titze,	MD	                                   Peter	Wang	
                Associate	Professor,	Department	of	Medicine,	          Doctoral	Candidate,	
                Molecular	Physiology	and	Biophysics	                   Department	of	Pathology	and	Immunology	
                Vanderbilt	University	                                 Washington	University,	School	of	Medicine	
                	                                                      	
                H.	Eser	Tolunay,	PhD	                                  Annalisa	Zecchin,	PhD	
                Deputy	Chief,	Vascular	Biology	and	                    Postdoctoral	Fellow,	
                Hypertension	Branch		                                  Laboratory	of	Angiogenesis	and	Vascular	
                Division	of	Cardiovascular	Sciences	                   Metabolism	
                National	Heart,	Lung,	and	Blood	Institute		            Vesalius	Research	Center	(VRC)	
                National	Institutes	of	Health	                         VIB-KULeuven	
                	                                                      	
                Henricus	Gerardus	Jacobus	Voesten,	MD	                 	
                General	and	Endovascular	Surgery	                      	
                Chief	Surgeon,	Expert	Centre	for	                      	
                Lymphovascular	Medicine	                               	
                Nij	Smellinghe	Hospital	
                LIPEDEMA	FOUNDATION	REPRESENTATIVES	
                Felicitie	Daftuar,	MBA	
                Founder	and	Executive	Director	
                Board	Member	and	Former	President,	Fat	Disorders	Research	Society	
                	
                Danielle	Wildstein	
                Vice	President,	Operations	
                	
                Shannon	Seeberg	
                Vice	President,	Communications