HDSA Events

KENTUCKY
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Team Hope Walk- Kentucky Chapter
5K Michelle Litteral Brock Memorial Walk/Run
Corbin Intermediate School
404 17th Street
Corbin, KY
For more information contact:
Karen White 606-258-7691
Marcee Hopper
606-526-1019

MARYLAND
Saturday, November 21, 2009
3rd Annual Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium
Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium - November 21, 2009
The Third Annual Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium (HDCRS) will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland. Register now for the Symposium. The Call for Abstracts is also available.

The 2009 HDCRS Keynote Speakers have been confirmed as follows:
Keynote Presentations I & IIJudy Roberson, RN, President, HDSA Northern California Chapter "Huntington's Advocacy: Why I Care"Keynote Presentation IIIJan Nolta, PhD, University of California, Davis "Working Toward Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for HD"
Keynote Presentation IVCelia Witten, PhD, MD, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration "FDA Regulation of Stem Cell Therapy"
The Second Annual Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium (HDCRS) took place on Saturday, November 15, 2008, at the TradeWinds Hotel, St. Pete Beach, Florida. Please see the Symposium Summary and the 2008 HDCRS Program for more information.
The Inaugural Huntington Disease Clinical Research Symposium took place in Boston, Massachusetts in December 2007. A copy of the 2007 Symposium Program is available. The 2007 Scientific Summary Report (by Lisa J. Bain) is also available.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
2009 HSG Clinical Research Symposium

For additional information please go to: http://www.certain.com/system/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x157492bc5c

MASSACHUSETTS
Saturday, November 07, 2009
New England Education Day
Marlborough Holiday Inn, Marlborough, MA
Agenda
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:20 Welcome
9:20 -10:10 Basic Research Update
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-11:20 Clinical Research Update
11:30-12:20 Walking on Eggshells:
Managing the emotional
issues that arise in HD.
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-2:50 Workshop Sessions
A. Pre-Symptomatic
Genetic Testing
B. Juvenile HD
Information for Parents
C. Financial and Legal
Protection Tools for
Individuals and Families
(*Massachusetts)
3:00-3:50 Round Table Discussions
*Ask the Doctor
*Guardianship in MA~
New Uniform Probate Code
*Caregiving
*Juvenile HD
*Speech & Swallowing
*Complementary and
Alternative Therapies in
HD.
3:50-4:00 Wrap up

Early Bird - $20.00 per person.
Must be dated by 10/23/2009
Regular Registration - $25.00 per person.
Must be dated by 11/01/2009
At the Door - $35.00 per person.

NEW YORK
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Hoop-a-thon- Upstate NY
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Race with Grace- Upstate NY Chapter
First Bible Baptist Church, Hilton, NY
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Shoot for a Cure- Upstate NY Chapter
Save the date...
more information to follow...

NORTH CAROLINA
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Shoot for the Cure Hoop-a-thon- North Carolina
Cardinal Gibbons High School Hoop-A-Thon
Saturday November 21,2009
9:00 am - 12 Noon
Cardinal Gibbons High School
1401 Edwards Mill Road
Raleigh, N.C. 27607
60-80 Shooters
for more information contact
Kelvin Wood 919-224-7866
or
John Canning @ 919-669-2560

WASHINGTON, DC
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Washington Metro Chapter Fundraiser
Hard Times Cafe- Fairfax Fundraiser - Restaurant Day & Night – SUNDAY November 8th
The folks at Hard Times Cafe in Fairfax will donate 20% of all food sales to the Chapter on Sunday, November 8th. The restaurant, located at 4069 Chain Bridge Rd, will begin serving food at 11am and will remain open to 1am. Please come by and enjoy some great food at Hard Times while helping the Chapter. You will need to present the chapter Hard Times Flyer for the Chapter to get “credit” for your purchase. Click here to download the flyer: too. http://www.dchdsa.org/hardtimescafeflyer.pdf . Visit http://www.hardtimes.com/ for menu info and directions.