Webinars/Events

This page highlights our upcoming events, including our free webinars. The Hereditary Disease Foundation Research Spotlight Webinar series features brilliant scientists working to identify treatments and cures for Huntington’s disease and other brain disorders, in easy to understand, non-technical language. View previous webinars on our YouTube channel.

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Highlights from HDF-Funded Young Investigators

Katherine Croce, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center, New York
Joseph Hamilton, PhD
University College London (UCL)
Chiara Scaramuzzino, PhD
Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, France
2023 Nancy S. Wexler Young Investigator Prize Recipient

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024 | 6-10PM ET

Exploring the Brain: Celebrating Innovations in Research

Join us this fall in Philadelphia, the home of genetic medicine, for an evening of discovery and celebration to support our mission to find treatments, and ultimately a cure, for Huntington’s disease and other related disorders.

Featuring inaugural Transformative Research Award recipients Beverly L. Davidson, PhD, Leslie M. Thompson, PhD, and Jang-Ho J. Cha, MD, PhD.

Thursday, September 26, 2024 | 12-1PM ET

Conference recap with HDBuzz: What was the buzz at HD2024?

Featuring HDBuzz editors:
Sarah Hernandez, PhD
Director of Research Programs, HDF
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Canada

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Past Webinars

June 13, 2024

Genes from Super-Agers:
What Can They Tell Us About Huntington’s Disease

Juan Botas, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

April 23, 2024

Developing Transformative Tools:
Gene Therapy for Huntington’s Disease

Beverly Davidson, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania
Leslie Thompson, PhD
University of California, Irvine
Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD
Latus Bio, Inc.
2023 Transformative Research Award Recipients

May 14, 2024

Drugs and Trials for Huntington’s Disease: The Good, The Bad, and the Future

Frank Bennett, PhD
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Edward Wild, FRCP, PhD
University College London (UCL)

March 21, 2024

Decoding Huntington’s Disease: Unveiling the Connection with Genetic Material

Jeffrey Carroll, PhD
University of Washington
Rachel J. Harding, PhD
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tamara Maiuri, PhD
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

View all previous webinars on our YouTube channel.