The Hereditary Disease Foundation is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of our Huntington’s Disease Career Advancement Grant (HD-CAG). This program stems from HDF President Nancy Wexler’s passion for supporting talent early-career investigators. Providing resources and tools to build the necessary skills will enable these researchers to bridge the difficult transition from postdoctoral position to tenure-track primary investigator.
Our ultimate goal is to ensure that we continue to have an abundant pipeline of talented researchers focused on Huntington’s disease, from early stage-investigators through tenured positions.
The 2025 recipients are:
Chris Kay, PhD
Mentor: Michael Hayden, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC
Institution: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Devon Pendlebury, PhD
Mentor: Leslie M. Thompson, PhD
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Piere Rodriguez-Aliaga, PhD
Mentor: Judith Frydman, PhD
Institution: Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Sonia Vazquez-Sanchez, PhD
Mentor: Don Cleveland, PhD
Institution: University of California at San Diego
Shota Shibata, MD, PhD
Mentor: Ricardo Mouro Pinto, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
Click here to learn more about our Huntington’s Disease Career Advancement Grant program.