Dr. Sahin: How has your past career prepared you for this position?

Dr. Urv: Prior to coming to the NIH, I worked first at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities (IBR), and at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. My education focused on intellectual and developmental disabilities. My own research background and interest before I came to the NIH was Alzheimer’s Disease in individuals with Down syndrome.

Linda Kusner, PhD, is a research professor of pharmacology, physiology, genomics, and precision medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, as well as a member of the Myasthenia Gravis Rare Disease Network (MGNet). Her research focuses on the understanding of extraocular muscle physiology and response to disease, including myasthenia gravis (MG). Here, she shares her start in rare disease research, exciting discoveries, and future goals.