Article archive / January 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 5. Source pages: 7.
The Psychology Times 2013 COMMUNITY AWARD INNOVATION Gerald LaHoste, Brandon Baiamonte, and UNO Biopsychologists
“Imagination is more important than knowledge,” said Einstein. The Innovation Award recognizes that creativity is an important ingredient for major leaps in science, practice and human productivity.
We were completely impressed with the innovations of Dr. Denise Batton from the Alexandria VA who developed a health program for women veterans that integrated body, mind, and spirit, so often missing in health approaches.
But we had to give the 2013 Award to Dr. Gerald LaHoste, graduate student Brandon Baiamonte, and the team of researchers from the University of New Orleans Applied Biopsychology Program, for their discovery of genetic relationships in the Rhes gene.
The group uncovered a possible mechanism which could delay or prevent the emergence of behavioral symptoms in Huntington’s Disease, an illness that is presently incurable, debilitating, and fatal.
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