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Russell Wells

Fourth-year medical student at OHSU and lead author of the study

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press citations on 1 topic since 29 Sept 2026 · last quoted 14 Oct 2026

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Russell Wells: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Fourth-year medical student at OHSU and lead author of the study
Quoted on
Rare diseases
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
14 Oct 2026
First quoted
29 Sept 2026

04  The signal · where Russell Wells sits on rare diseases

Ranked 15= of 100 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 17 others on 2 citations.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)5
  2. 2=David Weitz portraitDavid WeitzAcademicMallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics; Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard University (John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)4
  3. 2=Tuomas Knowles portraitTuomas KnowlesAcademic1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge4
  4. 15=Sikha de SouzaClinicianPublic Health Consultant, Public Health Wales2
  5. 15=Natalie KhoazClinicianResearch Midwife and Principal Investigator of the Generation Study at Jessop Wing, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust2
  6. 15=Russell WellsSector leaderFourth-year medical student at OHSU and lead author of the study2
  7. 15=David Liu portraitDavid LiuAcademicThomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard, the Broad Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute2
  8. 15=Dominic Rowe portraitDominic RoweAcademicHead of Neurology Clinic, Macquarie University2

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05  On the record · press

What Russell Wells has said

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  • huntingtonsdiseasenews.com1
  • nrtimes.co.uk1

Where Russell Wells has been quoted

  1. 01Intermittent fasting may slow Huntington’s progression – studynrtimes.co.uk · 14 Oct 2026
  2. 02Form of intermittent fasting may help slow Huntington’s, pilot study showshuntingtonsdiseasenews.com · 29 Sept 2026

Verbatim

“Neurofilament light typically rises as neurodegeneration continues, but after three months we observed a significant decrease. For a pilot study, that was a remarkable finding.”
Fourth-year medical student at OHSU and lead author of the study · Rare diseases · nrtimes.co.uk · 14 Oct 2026 · Read the article
“These results suggest time-restricted eating deserves further study in a larger clinical trial.”
Fourth-year medical student, Oregon Health & Science University, first author of the study · Rare diseases · huntingtonsdiseasenews.com · 29 Sept 2026 · Read the article

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