Breadcrumb Home Special bond with grandfather leads UI student to conduct Huntington disease research Monday, July 22, 2013 Huffington Post http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/Psychiatry/psych_huntingtonsarticle.aspx?id=19799 UI senior Jolene Luther’s grandfather, William Holcomb, died from Huntington disease (HD) in the fall of 2011, but his impact lives on through the research Luther is doing this summer at the UI.