Edward Wild
British neurologist
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| 2021 | Wrote the afterword for 'Patient 1', a book by Charlotte Raven about her Huntington's disease experiences, and was the doctor who administered the first dose of tominersen to Raven in the Gen-Peak trial. |
| 2020 | Appeared in the Ken Burns PBS documentary 'The Gene: An Intimate History'. |
| October 2020 | Promoted to professor of neurology in the UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences. |
| 2018 | Elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, recognizing his professional excellence and contributions to medical research. |
| 2017 | Honored with the Huntington Study Group Insight of the Year Award for discovering that neurofilament light in blood can predict the onset and progression of Huntington's disease. |
| 2017 | Began focused research on neurofilament light and mutant huntingtin protein as biomarkers for Huntington's disease onset and progression. |
| December 2017 | Featured on RTE Radio 1, discussing Huntington's disease treatments. |
| July 2016 | Appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme discussing Huntington's disease with host Jenni Murray. |
| 2015 | Wild served as a judge for the British Library / Europe PubMed Central 'Access to Understanding' contest for science writers. |
| 2015 | Published the first successful detection and quantification of mutant huntingtin protein in human cerebrospinal fluid using a novel 'single-molecule counting' immunoassay. This work won the Huntington Study Group 'Insight of the Year' award. |
| 2015 | Administered the first dose of tominersen, an antisense oligonucleotide drug designed to lower mutant huntingtin production, to a patient as a senior investigator in the clinical programme. |
| 2014 | Awarded Huntington's Disease Society of America Researcher of the Year Award, highlighting his significant research achievements in the field. |
| 2012 | Received the Huntington Society of Canada Community Leadership Award, recognizing his contributions to Huntington's disease research and community support. |
| 2010 | Edward Wild co-founded HDBuzz with Jeff Carroll, an online resource providing accessible news about Huntington's disease research, which has received awards from patient advocacy groups. |
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