Sonia Vallabh Journalist Profile

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One woman's hard pivot after receiving a devastating diagnosis

Oct 18, 2024 | wglt.org | Sonia Vallabh |Eric Minikel

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or planWhen Sonia Vallabh learned she has the genetic mutation for prion disease, she and her husband dropped everything to change careers. Today, they lead a Harvard/MIT lab searching for a cure. About Sonia VallabhSonia Vallabh runs a prion research laboratory at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard alongside her husband, Eric Vallabh Minikel.
One woman's hard pivot after receiving a devastating diagnosis

Oct 18, 2024 | kuow.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Rachel Faulkner |Sanaz Meshkinpour |Sonia Vallabh

Sonia Vallabh speaks at SESSION 7 at TED2024: The Brave and the Brilliant, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Jasmina Tomic / TED TED Conferences, LLC Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or planWhen Sonia Vallabh learned she has the genetic mutation for prion disease, she and her husband dropped everything to change careers. Today, they lead a Harvard/MIT lab searching for a cure.
One woman's hard pivot after receiving a devastating diagnosis

Oct 18, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Sonia Vallabh

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Approaches to life: Improvise, pivot or planWhen Sonia Vallabh learned she has the genetic mutation for prion disease, she and her husband dropped everything to change careers. Today, they lead a Harvard/MIT lab searching for a cure. About Sonia VallabhSonia Vallabh runs a prion research laboratory at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard alongside her husband, Eric Vallabh Minikel.
Mi búsqueda para curar la enfermedad priónica, antes de que sea demasiado tarde

Jun 30, 2024 | mujeresconciencia.com | Marta Macho Stadler |Sonia Vallabh

La Dra. Sonia Vallabh es profesora asistente de neurología en el Hospital General de Massachusetts y codirectora del Laboratorio de Priones en el Broad Institute del MIT y Harvard. Investiga para desarrollar una terapia eficaz para la enfermedad priónica humana, una enfermedad neurodegenerativa mortal, y también para crear las herramientas que contribuirían al éxito de dicha terapia, incluidos biomarcadores y datos de la historia natural.
Sonia Vallabh: My quest to cure prion disease

May 30, 2024 | ted.com | Sonia Vallabh

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Hope for prion diseases

Nov 29, 2023 | drugdiscoverynews.com | Hannah Thomasy |Sonia Vallabh |Eric Minikel

Today, biologist Sonia Vallabh is an influential figure in the field of prion research. She and her husband, Eric Minikel, founded the Prion Alliance at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to spearhead efforts to develop therapies for prion disease. Neither Vallabh nor Minikel began their careers planning to study prion disease or even planning to work in biology. In 2010, the couple were recently married.