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Dozens of neurology-related (or neuro-adjacent) events are planned at Duke for the first few months of 2020, within our Department as well as those of our colleagues. Lectures, workshops, and symposia will explore topics such as neurobehavior, narrative medicine, and learning how to be an effective bystander. Read more about each of these events below.

This week’s “Spotlight” interview shines on Alexa Putka, an undergraduate researcher in the lab of Audrey Dickey, PhD. Putka talks to us about the passion, puzzle-solving, and collaboration that motivate her work to help better understand and reduce the effects of Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. She also talks about how her recent research fellowship from the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, and enjoying reading, axe-throwing, and time with family when she’s not at Duke.