Scientific Advisory Board
Wendy Gold
Molecular Neurobiologist
Wendy Gold is the head of the Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory at Kids Research based at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Her training includes an honours degree in Genetics and a PhD in Medicine which she undertook at St. Vincents hospital in Sydney (University of New South Wales).
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Wendy successfully conducts a research program of interdisciplinary translational research spanning the fields of neurology, neuropathology, fundamental neuroscience, clinical chemistry and pharmacology. She has worked in the field of neurobiology for over 10 years and over the past decade she has contributed to the understanding of the
underlying pathophysiology of many paediatric genetic disorders as well as examining potential novel therapies. Her research focus lies in rare paediatric gene disorders and virus-mediated gene therapy and translational medicine.