The Hereditary Disease Foundation is proud to announce our 2025 postdoctoral fellowships and grants. We are awarding $1.8 million to scientists from around the world who are focused on finding treatments and cures for Huntington’s disease. Vanessa L. Casha, PhDMentor: Baljit Khakh, PhDUniversity of California, Los AngelesProject Title: Uncovering new therapies for Huntington’s disease by examining subcompartments in brain cells Francisco Garcia, PhDMentor: Myriam Heiman, PhDMassachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeProject Title: Viruses targeting blood vessels in the brain as a therapeutic strategy for Huntington’s disease Shota Shibata, MD, PhDMentor: Ricardo Mouro Pinto, PhDMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, BostonProject Title: Developing a novel approach to monitoring Huntington’s disease progression Takeshi Uenaka, MD, PhDMentor: Marius
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