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A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute
109 Zina Pitcher Place
5017 BSRB
Ann Arbor, Mi 48109-2200
734-615-7282
Fax: 734-615-7466
Who we are
Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D.Besides her duties as director of the Taubman Institute, Eva Feldman is a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Health System. She has authored more than 250 articles and book chapters covering a spectrum of issues in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological diseases. Dr. Feldman's current investigative activities emphasize an understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of neuromuscular disorders with an emphasis on diabetic neuropathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). At the University of Michigan Health System, she serves as director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for the Study of Complications in Diabetes and of the ALS Clinic. Dr. Feldman is listed in Best Doctors of America, serves as the neurologist for the Diabetes Program of the National Institutes of Health, and is on several editorial boards, NIH review panels and study sections. Dr. Feldman received her M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, completed a neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where she served as chief resident, and completed a fellowship in clinical neuromuscular disease at the University of Michigan.
Marty Fischhoff, B.A.Martin Fischhoff, B.A.
Managing Director
Marty Fischhoff came to the University of Michigan Health System in 2008 to oversee administrative, programming, communications and development functions of the Taubman Institute. Prior to that, he was assistant managing editor at The Detroit News, where he worked for 20 years in a wide variety of capacities. He was the editor of Detroit Monthly for five years before that, winning the William White Award as editor of the best city magazine in its circulation class in the nation. He has worked in public relations, marketing, video production and wrote a best-selling guidebook to Detroit. He has participated in many community organizations, serving on the boards of Washtenaw Literacy, the International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit and D-PAN (which produces music videos for the deaf community).
Colleen Sherman, B.A.Colleen Sherman, B.A.
Development Director
Colleen’s responsibilities include providing resources and support for the crucial research of the Taubman scientists as they fight disease. She manages board and donor relations, oversees community outreach and works to enhance the public profile of the Institute.
Colleen spent four years at Detroit Public Television, where she headed board governance and government relations efforts. Colleen has lived in Ann Arbor since 1995 and worked as marketing director for both the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and The Ark. Colleen holds a B.A. from Michigan State University, where she majored in English and Communications while working for the Kresge Art Museum and Impact Radio. She has served on the board of directors for Washtenaw Literacy and the Ann Arbor Ad Club and has worked with the University of Michigan’s Lloyd Hall Scholars program.
Judith Boldt, B.B.A.Judith Boldt, B.B.A.
Executive Assistant
Judith Boldt is executive assistant to Dr. Feldman, responsible for grant and manuscript submissions, as well as daily correspondence and administrative activities for the Taubman Institute and the Program for Neurology Research and Discovery laboratory. Boldt also assists Dr. Feldman in her work on the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Center for the Study of Complications in Diabetes. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Eastern Michigan University in 2005.
