Anavex Life Sciences Corp. announced the appointment of three distinguished researchers to its Scientific Advisory Board. The additional SAB members include: Tanya Simuni, MD, is AC Nielsen Professor of Neurology and Director, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Weintraub, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kalpana M. Merchant, PhD, President and CSO, TransThera Consulting Co.; Adjunct Professor of Neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Biology at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. Dr. Kalpana Merchant has deep expertise in the neurobiology of chronic neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. She has nearly 25 years of experience in drug discovery and development with a special emphasis on translational strategies that improve the success rate of drug development.