Our doctoral student Thomas Christensen received a Randi J. Hagerman Summer Scholar Research Award for his project: Exploring Social Determinants of Health and the FMR1 Premutation Symptomology in Women.

Randi J. Hagerman is an esteemed professional in the world of fragile X. She is a co-founder of the National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF), and has mentored countless professionals in the field. The Summer Scholars program strives to build knowledge surrounding Fragile X and assist in the training of future professionals.

Thomas’ project will examine social factors within lives of women with the FMR1 premutation in hopes to assist researchers and advocacy organizations in decisions of where to allocate limited resources to help these women.

 Attending the IFXF Conference in Florida this summer? Our team will be there! Stop by to meet Thomas and learn about early results of this research at the poster session on Thursday night, Poster session A.