James Gusella: A Life Exploring Genes
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 12-1pm ET
James F. Gusella, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
About the Speaker
James F. Gusella, PhD
Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
2024 Leslie Gehry Prize for Innovation in Science Recipient
Dr. James Gusella is a Canadian molecular biologist and geneticist known for his work on Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases in humans. His laboratory is currently pursuing collaborative studies at all stages of the genetic research cycle aimed at discovering genes that cause, predispose to or modify neurological and behavioral disorders or caused abnormal development in subjects with balanced chromosomal aberrations and developmental phenotypes, delineating mechanisms of pathogenesis and modifiers in Huntington’s disease, neurofibromatosis, and autism and exploring the potential for mechanism-based treatments.