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Our Team

Our team includes passionate leaders, a dedicated board of directors, a scientific advisor, and a patient advocate. Each person has been personally or professionally affected by DRESS Syndrome.

Leadership

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Tasha Tolliver

 

Founder/Executive Director

& Board President 

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Deanna Lorianni

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Communications Director

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Board of Directors

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Amy Tolliver

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Board Secretary

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Leah Tolliver

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Board Member

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Raymond McKinney

 

Board Treasurer

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Linda Wondrack

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Board Member

Scientific Advisory Council

We're currently developing our scientific advisory council. One of the top experts in the field of drug hypersensitivity leads this team. It will consist of an international group of physicians and researchers dedicated to making progress in preventing and treating DRESS Syndrome.

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Elizabeth J. Phillips​

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Lead Scientific Advisor

 

MD,FIDSA,FAAAAI

Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Center for Drug Safety and Immunology (CDSI)

John A. Oates Chair in Clinical Research

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Professor of Pharmacology

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

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Patient Advocacy

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Fourth-Year Medical Student at Ohio State University College

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Alumnus​

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Nancy Szakacsy
Co-Founder, Former Board Member (2019 – 2024)

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