Sandra Kostyk received her MD, PhD degrees from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and completed her residency in neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Following her residency, she was awarded an NIH physician scientist K award. Dr. Kostyk has been medical director of the HDSA Center of Excellence at The Ohio State University since 2000. She has participated in numerous clinical trials related to Huntington’s disease and continues to work on increasing HD awareness and to improve care options for individuals and families affected by HD. Casey Mitchell currently works in clinical research at the Ohio State University focusing on Huntington’s disease. Casey entered clinical research as a Clinical Research Assistant working with both movement disorders and cognitive disorders in the department of neurology at Ohio State during the fall of 2019. She graduated winter of 2017 from Ohio Dominican University with high honors obtaining a Bachelor’s of arts in Psychology. After graduation she worked as a Psychiatric Care Technician at Harding Hospital at Ohio State before transitioning into research. Casey is able to use her psychology background to cater to the emotional needs of her clinical research participants. Casey continues to pursue her interest in psychology through the emotional and behavioral aspects in Huntington’s disease research. Fore more information about Kinect-HD, please visit www.huntingtonstudygroup.org or click here for an informational video.

Dr. Alby Richard is a movement disorders neurologist and assistant professor in the department of Neuroscience at the University of Montreal, in addition to being an adjunct professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of McGill University. Dr. Richard completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Montreal Neurological Institute (McGill University), followed by medical school at the University of Calgary, then residency training in adult neurology back at McGill University. He pursued fellowship training in movement disorders and cognitive neurology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) in Boston, Massachusetts.

HIPE Orlando Recap

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Genetic discrimination is still happening every day. Know your rights. Learn about the GINA Act, and follow GINAhelp.org - Your GINA Resource Great article: Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace: What You Need to Know - ToughNickel

Katie and Katrina do a wrap up for 2021!

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Grief and Depression During The Holidays

Recording of an interview with the coordinators of PREVENT-HD when I traveled to Madison, WI.