She gained her PhD in autonomic physiology in England. She is currently the Associate Director of the NYU Dysautonomia Center, which focuses on research and treatment of rare autonomic disorders. She has been working in MSA clinical research for the past decade. Dr. Norcliffe-Kaufmann trained within the Autonomic Disorder’s Consortium and is a lead investigator in the Natural History Study of MSA; a global effort to unite the MSA research community. Her research work is funded by the MSA Coalition, the Dysautonomia Foundation, the National Institute of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and the Michael J Fox Foundation. Dr. Norcliffe-Kaufmann lives in New York City with her husband and two children.