Hamilton Symposium 2024 Held at Boston College

The Hamilton Symposium featured a panel discussion highlighting the current Narratives and Discoveries surrounding Rare Genetic diseases. Conversations addressed the barriers and challenges for those with rare genetic disease and the impact on families. The Department of Biology sponsored this event on May 3rd, 2024.

Panelists offered perspectives on the broad range of factors that influence societal behavior, education, therapeutic approaches and advancement, humanities and research and development which affect an estimated 300 million people with rare disorders. This year's panel featured Kenna Sullivan of the BC School of Social Work, Jessica Pugliesi of the Lynch School of Education & Human Development, and Ravi Balasubramanian, Physician-Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

Featured in this photo (left to right) are: Kenna Sullivan, Ravi Balasubramanian, and Jessica Pugliesi. Andrew Dwyer (right) of the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College moderated the panel discussion.