Bhooma Aravamuthan MD, DPhil is an Assistant Professor, pediatric movement disorders specialist, and neuroscientist in the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the Washington University School of Medicine and Research Director of the Cerebral Palsy Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She completed her research doctorate at the University of Oxford in England, medical school and pediatrics residency at Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U), and child neurology and movement disorders fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital before returning to Wash U as faculty. Her national leadership roles include chairing the Scientific Program Committee for Child Neurology Society and leading the Cerebral Palsy Research Network Committees on Dystonia Research and Dystonia Quality Improvement. Her translational research on dystonia pathophysiology following neonatal brain injury is funded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and multiple foundation grants. Her research awards include the 2022 American Academy of Neurology Jon Stolk Movement Disorders Research Award and the 2022 Child Neurology Society Philip R. Dodge Young Investigator Award. She is married and a mom to three children – twin 6 year old boys and a 4 year old girl.