Conference recap with HDBuzz: What was the buzz at HD2024?
Thursday, September 26, 12-1pm ET
Featuring HDBuzz editors:
Sarah Hernandez, PhD
Director of Research Programs, HDF
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Canada
About HD2024
HDF’s HD2024: Milton Wexler Biennial Symposium took place August 2024 in Boston. We welcomed 300 of the world’s foremost experts in Huntington’s disease and other neurological diseases. Participants were from around the world and in all stages of their careers – from early career scientists to senior researchers, academics to those in the pharmaceutical industry.
For three days, scientists shared their latest discoveries and explored cutting-edge approaches to research, sparking discussions of new ways to design and create therapies for Huntington’s disease and other brain disorders like Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and Lou Gehrig’s disease.
About the Speakers
Sarah Hernandez, PhD
Director of Research Programs, Hereditary Disease Foundation
2021 Nancy S. Wexler Young Investigator Prize Recipient
Dr. Hernandez oversees the Foundation’s scientific research portfolio by managing the grants program, acting as the scientific liaison, and coordinating scientific programming through webinars, workshops, and conferences. Sarah enthusiastically supports the mission of the HDF, working closely with its Scientific Advisory Board to identify the most promising research and accelerate treatments for Huntington’s disease.
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Canada
Tamara Maiuri is a research associate in Dr. Ray Truant’s group at McMaster University, Canada. Prior to joining the Huntington’s disease field, Tamara obtained her PhD from the Medical Biophysics Department at the University of Toronto where she studied the cell biology of cancer-related genes. Her work in the Truant lab focuses on the normal biological functions of the huntingtin protein in hopes of understanding how they may be disrupted upon inheritance of the mutant huntingtin gene that causes HD.
About HDBuzz
HDBuzz is a trusted source for high-quality Huntington’s disease research news and clinical trial data, written in plain language, by HD clinicians and scientists. Link to HDBuzz
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