Allison Bradbury PhD

Dr. Allison M. Bradbury, MS, PhD, is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University and a Principal Investigator II in the Jerry R. Mendell Center for Gene Therapy at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute. Dr. Bradbury earned her doctorate in biomedical sciences from Auburn University, with her doctoral research focused on the development of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy for the GM2 gangliosidoses (Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases), which is currently in human clinical trials.

Her postdoctoral research was performed at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded an NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence. During this time, Dr. Bradbury evaluated disease mechanisms and developed gene therapy approaches for globoid cell leukodystrophy, also known as Krabbe disease. She joined the Mendell Center for Gene Therapy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in January 2020.