Research Council

The Research Council of the Huntington Society of Canada is comprised of leading HD research scientists with expertise in various areas of investigation.  Council members are volunteers serving without remuneration. The Council analyzes and prepares recommendations about applications received for the NAVIGATOR and NEW PATHWAYS research programs. The Research Council also provides advice with respect to matters related to the Society’s role in funding Huntington disease research; including scientific advice about specific research projects and proposals which may be funded in concert with other national and international research funding bodies.

Research Council

Dr. Ray Truant (Chair)
Department of Biochemistry
McMaster University

Dr. Patrik Brundin
Neuronal Survival Unit
Experimental Medical Science
Wallenberg Neuroscience Center
Sweden

Dr. Eileen Denovan-Wright
Department of Pharmacology   
Dalhousie University 

Dr. Stephen Ferguson
J. Allyn Taylor Centre for Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
   
Dr. Michael Hayden 
Centre Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics
University of British Columbia

Dr. Blair Leavitt
Centre Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics
University of British Columbia

Dr. Marcy MacDonald
Molecular Neurogenetics Unit   
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School  

Dr. Lynn Raymond
Division of Neurological Sciences    
University of British Columbia