Dr. Ting-Ting Huang
Dr. Ting-Ting Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. She is also a Health Research Specialist at the GRECC (Geriatric Research, Education, and Care Clinic) in the Palo Alto VA Health Care System. As a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center Dr. Huang was trained in microbial genetics. During her postdoctoral training with Dr. Charles J. Epstein at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Huang became an expert in mammalian genetics. Her research focused on using genetic tools to create and characterize mouse models for human diseases. Some of the Down syndrome-related mouse models she worked with at that time include the CuZn superoxide dismutase transgenic mouse, which was the first mouse model for Down Syndrome, and the partial trisomy 16 mouse, Ts1Cje.
After moving to Stanford University and Palo Alto VA in 2002, her laboratory continues to use genetic tools to identify genetic factors that modulate the severity of disease development in mouse models. By identifying the genetic modifiers and understanding how they modulate the disease process, she hopes to learn more about the disease mechanism and the means of treatment and intervention.
