Elizabeth Thomas, PhD

Elizabeth Thomas received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of California (UC), Berkeley and her Ph.D. in pharmacology from UC Irvine, School of Medicine. She is currently the Laboratory Director of the Center for Biomarker and Biobehavioral Research at UC Irvine and also holds positions of Research Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Human Behavior at UC Irvine, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Scripps Research Institute. She has studied Huntington’s disease for 25 years, where her research has spanned basic science focusing on gene expression regulation in the striatum, novel therapeutic approaches in pre-clinical Huntington’s mouse models, and, more currently, biomarker research studies on clinical populations. She serves on the Advisory board for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence at the UC San Diego Medical Center.