Sandra Kostyk received her MD, PhD degrees from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and completed her residency in neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Following her residency, she was awarded an NIH physician scientist K award. Dr. Kostyk has been medical director of the HDSA Center of Excellence at The Ohio State University since 2000. She has participated in numerous clinical trials related to Huntington’s disease and continues to work on increasing HD awareness and to improve care options for individuals and families affected by HD.

Casey Mitchell currently works in clinical research at the Ohio State University focusing on Huntington’s disease. Casey entered clinical research as a Clinical Research Assistant working with both movement disorders and cognitive disorders in the department of neurology at Ohio State during the fall of 2019. She graduated winter of 2017 from Ohio Dominican University with high honors obtaining a Bachelor’s of arts in Psychology. After graduation she worked as a Psychiatric Care Technician at Harding Hospital at Ohio State before transitioning into research. Casey is able to use her psychology background to cater to the emotional needs of her clinical research participants. Casey continues to pursue her interest in psychology through the emotional and behavioral aspects in Huntington’s disease research.

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