Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Hereditary Disease Foundation offers support for research projects that will contribute to identifying and understanding the basic defect of Huntington’s disease. Areas of interest include trinucleotide expansions, animal models, gene therapy, neurobiology and development of the basal ganglia, cell survival and death, and intercellular signaling in striatal neurons. All John Wasmuth Fellowships are automatically considered in January of every year for the Milton Wexler Fellowship award. A letter of intent no more than one page long is required for application.