About the Speaker

Sarah Hernandez, PhD
2021 Nancy S. Wexler Young Investigator Prize Recipient
University of California, Irvine
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Sarah Hernandez is a Hereditary Disease Foundation postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Leslie Thompson at University of California, Irvine. Sarah’s graduate work examined the ability of the environment outside of the cell to alter gene expression and, consequently, to alter observable physical traits. Her postdoctoral studies have extended this work using patient-derived stem cells and fruit flies. Sarah’s research interests focus on defining HD-related changes that exist outside of the cell to leverage molecular mechanisms for therapeutic intervention.