Dr. Nancy Wexler

By: Angelica Demkiw

OverviewNeuropsychologistHereditary Disease

FoundationResearch on

Huntington’s Disease

Early LifeBorn on July 19,

1945 in Washington D.C. to Leonore and Milton Wexler

As a child, she developed a strong like for the sciences, especially psychology

EducationAfter high school

she attended Harvard University’s Radcliffe College

Studied abroad in London

PinnacleHer mother was

diagnosed with Huntington’s

Enrolled at University of Michigan

Entered the clinical psychology graduate program

Her Research• Became a researcher

for the National Institute of Health

• Attended a Huntington’s meeting in 1972

• Led an expedition to Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo in 1979, and returned in 1981

Other Notable Work

• Albert Lasker Public Service Award

• Served as president of the Hereditary Disease foundation since 1983

• Since 1985 she has been the professor of clinical neuropsychology at Columbia University

ConclusionDr. Wexler is a very courageous and

ambitious individual who has made it her life’s mission to find an end to a crippling disease that has personally affected her so profoundly

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