• Sign up for the Information Evening on HD!

    If you wish to attend the Information Evening on Huntington Disease on 7 April 2025, sign up latest on 27 March 2025. Find out more on our Swedish page: Anmälan öppen till Informationskväll om HS 7 april 2025

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  • SAVE-THE-DATE: HD Information Evening, 7 April 2025

    Huntington Disease Center in Lund is inviting you to an information evening on 7 April 2025, 18.00-20.30 in the Belfrage lecture hall on BMC D15 in Lund. The evening will include update on clinical trials and current research status in Sweden and internationally, as well as talks on different aspects on Huntington disease: from social…

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  • Watch the webinar on clinical trials!

    The webinar on clinical trials arranged by the European Huntington Association (EHA) in October, “Research insights: Latest updates on ongoing studies”, is now available online. You find it on EHA:s website

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  • Webinar on HD clinical trials

    On 23 October 2024, Åsa Petersén will be moderating the webinar “Research insights: Latest updates on ongoing studies”, arranged by the European Huntington Association. The webinar will give information on ongoing clinical trials in the Huntington disease field. Representatives from companies with ongoing trials, or finalized, will be participating. The European Huntington Association is an…

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  • Petersén will give a talk on HD for young adults

    The Swedish patients’ organization RHS is arranging a weekend on Huntingon disease for young adults on 18-20 October 2024 in Karlstad. There will be presentations on various topics, like genetic counselling, and the weekend offers an opportunity to network with other young adults and to share experiences. On Saturday Åsa Petersén will give a talk…

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  • Welcome to Petersén’s talk on psychiatric health in HD

    On Wednesday 16 October, at 17.00-19.00, MultiPark Café is hosting an evening with lectures on “Psychiatric health in neurodegenerative diseases”. Åsa Petersén will talk about “Psychiatric health in Huntington’s disease”. All talks are in Swedish. Link to the event on MultiPark’s website

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  • RHS National meeting 2024

    The patients’ organization, RHS, is inviting you to the national meeting in Gothenburg on 26 September 2024. Åsa Petersén will give an overview of the current HD research and the day will include information on guidelines for physiotherapy, and much more. The meeting will be held in Swedish. Sign up for the meeting latest on…

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  • Kickoff for JPND project in Istanbul

    Together with researchers from Germany, Canada, Turkey and the Czech Republic, Åsa Petersén was awarded the JPND grant for the project Delineating the role of HTT Cis-Variants in the pathogenesis of Huntington disease. In Sweden the grant is funded by Vetenskapsrådet, the Swedish Research Council, and Petersén was awarded SEK 2 500 000. To initiate the…

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  • Team TNU to EHDN & Enroll-HD 2024 in Strasbourg

    In September, the TNU research group and staff from the clinical HD team will participate in the conference on Huntington disease, EHDN & Enroll-HD 2024, in Strasbourg. The poster session will present the latest scientific findings in the HD field. Åsa Petersén is responsible for the entire program and she is also a member of…

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  • Webinar “Research Updates for the Nordic Countries”

    For the second time, the European Huntington Association/Moving Forward initiative for the Nordic countries will be hosting a webinar on research updates. The Webinar will be held on 11th June, from 18:00 CET to 19:15 CET. You need to register beforehand to be able to join. Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdeyupz4oH9KRCnkguo_KMuS0Y6… Åsa Petersén will be talking about…

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