Dr Chiara Zuccato is Assistant Professor at the University of Milan's School of Pharmacy.  Her research is focused on Huntington's Disease, and includes the identification of a potential target for the screening of drugs useful in the disease.  For this work she received an award from the association "Ricerca in Movimento" (Rome). In 2005 she received a CRUI-British Council grant for collaborative research with Prof. N. Buckley (UK), and in 2006 was awarded with "Le Scienze" Price for Medicine and with a Medal from the President of the Italian Republic.