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Hande Ozdinler
Field:
Focus Areas:
ALS, Cell Biology, Cell Imaging, Drug Development, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Win Reynolds
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology
About
Areas of Focus
- Neurodegeneration and neurodegenerative diseases such ALS, HSP and PLS
- Blending art and science to enhance communications for future generations
Work/Research
- Studying the upper motor neurons that are responsible for voluntary movement
- Developing long-term treatment strategies, including drug development and gene delivery, for motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Career
Ozdinler is one of the recipients of Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration and Repair (HCNR) and NUCATS Translational Innovation Awards. She is the founding director of the second Les Turner ALS Laboratory at Northwestern, which was the first Upper Motor Neuron Lab in the United States. She is a faculty member of Les Turner ALS Center, Mesulam Alzheimer’s Disease Center and Chemistry of Life Processes Institute at Northwestern.
Ozdinler was elected to be one of the most influential Turkish American Women in the U.S. and received recognition from President Barack Obama. Her research is supported by NIH, NIA, Department of Defense and numerous foundations. Ozdinler is also a painter, inventor of OzdinART(TM), co-founder of Art Loves Science Foundation and an international press member.