Grants & Fellowships

HDF is passionate about finding and funding the most promising, creative and paradigm-changing research.

HDF icon HDF creates a culture of creativity, excellence, collaboration, and a sense of community and shared purpose which helps to attract generations of scientists to join and stay in the field. Looking back on the decades of my scientific career, it all started with my very first grant from the Foundation.”

X. William Yang, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

HDF is passionate about finding and funding the most promising, creative and paradigm-changing research.

HDF icon The Hereditary Disease Foundation creates a culture of creativity, excellence, collaboration, and a sense of community and shared purpose which helps to attract generations of scientists to join and stay in the field. Looking back on the decades of my scientific career, it all started with my very first grant from the Foundation.”

X. William Yang, MD, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

HDF grants enable many researchers to receive major long-term funding from other sources, including the National Institutes of Health. Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded to promising early career researchers and are intended to support and cultivate their interest in Huntington’s disease. The Huntington’s Disease Career Advancement Grant (HD-CAG) is an accelerator program for senior postdoctoral researchers.

The following is a list of currently funded HDF researchers.

Grants

Ranen Aviner, PhD
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA

Gabriel Balmus, PhD
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Verónica Inés Brito, PhD
University of Barcelona, Spain

Jeffrey Carroll, PhD
University of Washington, Seattle

Amit Laxmikant Deshmukh, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rachel J. Harding, PhD
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Hayden, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

David Housman, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Icnelia Huerta Ocampo, MD, PhD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA

Chris Kay, PhD
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Kimberly Kegel-Gleason, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Seongwon Lee, PhD
Mercer University, Macon, GA

Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christian Neri, PhD
Sorbonne University, Paris, France

Chris Ng, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Youngmi Oh, PhD
Mercer University, Macon, GA

Christopher E. Pearson, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mahmoud Pouladi, PhD
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Charlene Smith, PhD
University of California, Irvine

X. William Yang, MD, PhD
Semel Institute and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Swati Balakrishnan, PhD
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ivana Vujkovic Bukvin, PhD
Stanford University, CA

Vanessa H. Casha, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Katherine Croce, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center, New York

Francisco Garcia, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Joseph Hamilton, PhD
University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom

Ryan Hildebrandt, PhD
University of Florida, Gainesville

Srivathsa Magadi, PhD
Linköping University, Sweden

Christian Makhoul, PhD
University of Melbourne, Australia

Shota Shibata, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Xiaojing Sui, PhD
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Takeshi Uenaka, MD, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine, CA

Huntington’s Disease Career Advancement Grants (HD-CAG)

Chris Kay, PhD
Mentor: Michael Hayden, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Devon Pendlebury, PhD
Mentor: Leslie M. Thompson, PhD
University of California, Irvine

Piere Rodriguez-Aliaga, PhD
Mentor: Judith Frydman, PhD
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 if you’re interested in applying for funding.

Click here to see previously funded researchers.