Department of Neurology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, US.

For the past three decades, the author, David S. Younger MD, MPH, MS has been a clinician, educator, and more recently, public health researcher and advocate. Dr. Younger is an authority in the use of immunotherapy to treat child and adult immunologically-mediated neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. He has edited or authored several books, including Motor Disorders 3rd Edition, The Vasculitides, Human Lyme Neuroborreliosis, and Global and Domestic Public Health and Neuroepidemiology; and is writing the popular book, The Autoimmune Brain; and Neuroepidemiology: The Basics and Beyond. He has additionally authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and abstracts and is staff member in the Department of Neurology, Division of Neuroepidemiology, of New York University (NYU) where he provides methodologic expertise in clinical research study design, biostatistical support, and the formulating research questions.