Emmanuelle L. Waubant, MD, PhD, received her medical degree at the University of Lille, France. She then trained in France as well as at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in adult neurology, neuroimmunology and MS clinical research. She is currently Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at UCSF. She has served as the Race to Erase MS medical director since 2001. She also directs the Regional Pediatric MS Center at UCSF and is the secretary for the Americas Committee on Treatment and Research in MS. Dr. Waubant serves or has served on the clinical care, fellowship and research grant review, and research programs advisory committees of the National MS Society. She is the Chair of the Clinical Trial Task Force of the International Pediatric MS Study Group and a Steering Committee member of the US Pediatric MS Network and International Pediatric MS Study Group. She also directs translational research projects and mentors junior investigators on various clinical, research and career development aspects in the field of MS and related diseases. In 2018, Dr. Waubant started an international consortium (international Women in MS) to foster community spirit among clinicians and scientists from all over the world, promote diversity in professional organizations and mentor junior women in the field of MS. Dr. Waubant’s specific interests include the translation of promising agents from the bench to bedside to advance patients’ care, and risk factors for MS susceptibility and disease modification in pediatric and adult MS.