Lynn A. Raymond, MD, PhD

Lynn Raymond is a clinician-scientist who combines neuroscience research with clinical practice in Neurology. She is a Professor and holds the Louise A. Brown Chair in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia, where she leads a research lab and is Clinic Director of the Centre for Huntington Disease. Her research investigates the roles of altered neuronal circuits, synapses and NMDA-type glutamate receptors in Huntington disease, with the goal of finding therapeutics that slow progression. Recent work from her lab focuses on changes in cortical and striatal synaptic plasticity and circuit function that may underlie early cognitive and sensorimotor deficits in Huntington disease, and could contribute to neuronal vulnerability to degeneration. She has served as UBC site investigator for several multi-center clinical research studies in Huntington disease. Currently, she serves as Director of the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at UBC.