Mena Farag
@drmfarag.bsky.social
Neurology south London trainee 🧠 (OOP-R; ST6) ⋅ Clinical Research Fellow & PhD candidate based at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology — #HD-YAS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0679-0117
For the first time, we show that baseline CSF PENK predicts longitudinal striatal atrophy and also outperforms NfL in distinguishing HD-ISS 0 vs 1, supporting CSF PENK as a striatum-specific biomarker to enrich early HD trials and inform future preventive trial design.
September 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
For the first time, we show that baseline CSF PENK predicts longitudinal striatal atrophy and also outperforms NfL in distinguishing HD-ISS 0 vs 1, supporting CSF PENK as a striatum-specific biomarker to enrich early HD trials and inform future preventive trial design.
Super fun first 5K #RUN4HDYO! 🏃 💨 🏃♀️
Over £2500 raised for the Olivia (Liv) Martinez Scholarship Fund for HDYO - honouring an amazing ambassador I met at #HDYO Congress in Glasgow in 2023. Liv's kindness and passion touched so many. @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Over £2500 raised for the Olivia (Liv) Martinez Scholarship Fund for HDYO - honouring an amazing ambassador I met at #HDYO Congress in Glasgow in 2023. Liv's kindness and passion touched so many. @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Super fun first 5K #RUN4HDYO! 🏃 💨 🏃♀️
Over £2500 raised for the Olivia (Liv) Martinez Scholarship Fund for HDYO - honouring an amazing ambassador I met at #HDYO Congress in Glasgow in 2023. Liv's kindness and passion touched so many. @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Over £2500 raised for the Olivia (Liv) Martinez Scholarship Fund for HDYO - honouring an amazing ambassador I met at #HDYO Congress in Glasgow in 2023. Liv's kindness and passion touched so many. @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Check out the March 2025 edition of the #HD Clinical Trials Update, now available online in the Journal of Huntington's Disease @profwild.bsky.social 🔓 Open access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Check out the March 2025 edition of the #HD Clinical Trials Update, now available online in the Journal of Huntington's Disease @profwild.bsky.social 🔓 Open access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Thank you HDYO for the opportunity to talk about HD-YAS at #HDYO Congress 2025! Truly an inspiring community and family — and this absolutely drives all the work we do! @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you HDYO for the opportunity to talk about HD-YAS at #HDYO Congress 2025! Truly an inspiring community and family — and this absolutely drives all the work we do! @ucl-hd.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Check out the latest edition of the #HD Clinical Trials Update, now available online in the Journal of Huntington's Disease @profwild.bsky.social 🔓 Open access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out the latest edition of the #HD Clinical Trials Update, now available online in the Journal of Huntington's Disease @profwild.bsky.social 🔓 Open access link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....