Suzan Hammond, PhD, is a career research scientist with 13 years of experience focused on neuromuscular genetic disorders. Dr Hammond received her degree from Northwestern University studying in vivo modelling for the neurodegenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy. As a research scientist at the University of Oxford, Suzan focuses on patient unmet needs by developing delivery vehicles for antisense oligonucleotides towards the brain, spinal cord and skeletal muscle. She is working with academic and industrial collaborators to advance her work to early clinical development. Dr Hammond’s work has been featured on the Naked Scientist Podcast and Zone in with Zon for trending nucleic acid research.