Parkinson's Foundation Research
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The Parkinson's Foundation knows that a research breakthrough can happen at any time & believes in educating our PD community with the latest research updates.
https://www.parkinson.org/advancing-research
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Jingjing Lin, whose project focuses on assessing retinal biomarkers in #Parkinsons Disease. Jingjing will be mentored by Jane Alty at the University of Tasmania.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Jingjing Lin, whose project focuses on assessing retinal biomarkers in #Parkinsons Disease. Jingjing will be mentored by Jane Alty at the University of Tasmania.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Wim Versées from the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, whose project focuses on validation of nanobody- and peptide-based chaperones for Glucocerebrosidase as a novel therapeutic strategy to fight #Parkinsons disease.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Wim Versées from the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, whose project focuses on validation of nanobody- and peptide-based chaperones for Glucocerebrosidase as a novel therapeutic strategy to fight #Parkinsons disease.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Nuria Vendrell-Llopis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on disambiguating alpha-synuclein’s impact on cognitive decline.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Nuria Vendrell-Llopis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on disambiguating alpha-synuclein’s impact on cognitive decline.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kelly Stauch from the University of Nebraska, whose project focuses on new approaches for understanding dopaminergic neuron-specific mitochondrial alterations.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kelly Stauch from the University of Nebraska, whose project focuses on new approaches for understanding dopaminergic neuron-specific mitochondrial alterations.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Sarah Shahmoradian from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, whose project focuses on unlocking the atomic binding site of a novel high-affinity molecule to alpha-synuclein in #Parkinsons brain & cell models.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Sarah Shahmoradian from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, whose project focuses on unlocking the atomic binding site of a novel high-affinity molecule to alpha-synuclein in #Parkinsons brain & cell models.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Colum MacKinnon from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, whose project focuses on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on intrinsic lower leg spinal motoneuron excitability in #Parkinsons disease.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Colum MacKinnon from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, whose project focuses on the effects of vagus nerve stimulation on intrinsic lower leg spinal motoneuron excitability in #Parkinsons disease.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kauê Costa from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on uncovering the dopaminergic mechanisms of early cognitive deficits in #Parkinsons disease.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Impact Awardee, Dr. Kauê Costa from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, whose project focuses on uncovering the dopaminergic mechanisms of early cognitive deficits in #Parkinsons disease.
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🚨New Symposium Alert!🚨
🧠White Matter in Focus: Exploring the Role of Myelin & Oligodendrocytes in Neurodegeneration
📅 Date: Wed, 22nd Oct
📍 Location: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK
#Neurodegeneration #Myelin #Oligodendrocytes #Neuroscience
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🧠White Matter in Focus: Exploring the Role of Myelin & Oligodendrocytes in Neurodegeneration
📅 Date: Wed, 22nd Oct
📍 Location: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK
#Neurodegeneration #Myelin #Oligodendrocytes #Neuroscience
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September 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🚨New Symposium Alert!🚨
🧠White Matter in Focus: Exploring the Role of Myelin & Oligodendrocytes in Neurodegeneration
📅 Date: Wed, 22nd Oct
📍 Location: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK
#Neurodegeneration #Myelin #Oligodendrocytes #Neuroscience
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🧠White Matter in Focus: Exploring the Role of Myelin & Oligodendrocytes in Neurodegeneration
📅 Date: Wed, 22nd Oct
📍 Location: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, UK
#Neurodegeneration #Myelin #Oligodendrocytes #Neuroscience
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Fatemeh Tabari, whose project focuses on cortical and subcortical regions involved in voluntary motor control and speech production in PD. Fatemeh will be mentored by Joel Berger at the University of Iowa.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Fatemeh Tabari, whose project focuses on cortical and subcortical regions involved in voluntary motor control and speech production in PD. Fatemeh will be mentored by Joel Berger at the University of Iowa.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Gabriela Clemente, whose project focuses on mechanisms of toxicity in GBA-Parkinson’s disease. Gabriela will be mentored by Joseph Mazzulli at Northwestern University.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Gabriela Clemente, whose project focuses on mechanisms of toxicity in GBA-Parkinson’s disease. Gabriela will be mentored by Joseph Mazzulli at Northwestern University.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Mikaela Rosen, whose project focuses on exploring the relationship between HLA alleles and T-cell function in PD. Mikaela will be mentored by Soumya Raychaudhuri at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard.
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July 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Mikaela Rosen, whose project focuses on exploring the relationship between HLA alleles and T-cell function in PD. Mikaela will be mentored by Soumya Raychaudhuri at the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard.
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Our PD GENEration team is hiring! 🧬 We are seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:
‣ Senior Manager, Clinical Research
‣ Senior Manager, Data Science
‣ Manager, Clinical Research – Sub-studies
‣ Senior Manager, Clinical Research
‣ Senior Manager, Data Science
‣ Manager, Clinical Research – Sub-studies
July 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our PD GENEration team is hiring! 🧬 We are seeking qualified applicants for the following positions:
‣ Senior Manager, Clinical Research
‣ Senior Manager, Data Science
‣ Manager, Clinical Research – Sub-studies
‣ Senior Manager, Clinical Research
‣ Senior Manager, Data Science
‣ Manager, Clinical Research – Sub-studies
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Henri Xhukellari, whose project focuses on unraveling mechanisms of sex differences in pain symptoms of #Parkinsons diseases. Henri will be mentored by Roberta Marongiu at Cornell University.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Henri Xhukellari, whose project focuses on unraveling mechanisms of sex differences in pain symptoms of #Parkinsons diseases. Henri will be mentored by Roberta Marongiu at Cornell University.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Emma Green, whose project focuses on a dual-hit approach to modulating alpha-synuclein levels and PD pathogenesis. Emma will be mentored by Donato Di Monte at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Emma Green, whose project focuses on a dual-hit approach to modulating alpha-synuclein levels and PD pathogenesis. Emma will be mentored by Donato Di Monte at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases.
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We were honored to attend the 2025 Parkinson’s Disease Gordon Conference in Waterville Valley, NH. It was wonderful to bring together some of the best and brightest scientists to discuss the most exciting developments in PD research, including many of our own awardees and SAB members!
June 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We were honored to attend the 2025 Parkinson’s Disease Gordon Conference in Waterville Valley, NH. It was wonderful to bring together some of the best and brightest scientists to discuss the most exciting developments in PD research, including many of our own awardees and SAB members!
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Valerio Antonio Arcobelli, whose project focuses on longitudinal declines in newly diagnosed PD using machine learning approaches. Valerio will be mentored by Martina Mancini at Oregon Health & Science University.
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June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Valerio Antonio Arcobelli, whose project focuses on longitudinal declines in newly diagnosed PD using machine learning approaches. Valerio will be mentored by Martina Mancini at Oregon Health & Science University.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Perel Rose, whose project focuses on toxicant-induced priming of inflammasome pathways in #Parkinson's disease. Perel will be mentored by Briana De Miranda at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee, Perel Rose, whose project focuses on toxicant-induced priming of inflammasome pathways in #Parkinson's disease. Perel will be mentored by Briana De Miranda at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Ella Chiu, whose project focuses on investigating the role of ceramide metabolism in pathogenic protein aggregation in PD. Ella will be mentored by Marie Ynez Davis at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
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June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Ella Chiu, whose project focuses on investigating the role of ceramide metabolism in pathogenic protein aggregation in PD. Ella will be mentored by Marie Ynez Davis at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Mira Ravi, whose project focuses on investigating the effects of low-frequency deep brain stimulation on tremor. Mira will be mentored by Helen Bronte-Stewart at Stanford University.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Mira Ravi, whose project focuses on investigating the effects of low-frequency deep brain stimulation on tremor. Mira will be mentored by Helen Bronte-Stewart at Stanford University.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Andrew Kim, whose project focuses on exploring glymphatic dysfunction as a biomarker of dopaminergic activity and disease severity in PD. Andrew will be mentored by Hosung Kim at the University of Southern California.
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May 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Andrew Kim, whose project focuses on exploring glymphatic dysfunction as a biomarker of dopaminergic activity and disease severity in PD. Andrew will be mentored by Hosung Kim at the University of Southern California.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Gerald Nwosu, whose project focuses on investigating beta power change in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a biomarker for DBS associated cognitive impairment. Gerald will be mentored by Sarah K Bick at Vanderbilt.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Gerald Nwosu, whose project focuses on investigating beta power change in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a biomarker for DBS associated cognitive impairment. Gerald will be mentored by Sarah K Bick at Vanderbilt.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Lehmann Matheny, whose project focuses on the role of Rab27b effector protein Coronin1c in regulating alpha-synuclein pathology. Lehmann will be mentored by Talene Yacoubian at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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May 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Lehmann Matheny, whose project focuses on the role of Rab27b effector protein Coronin1c in regulating alpha-synuclein pathology. Lehmann will be mentored by Talene Yacoubian at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Negar Nasrkhani, whose project focuses on transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus to address freezing of gait in PD. Negar will be mentored by Robert Chen at the University Health Network.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Negar Nasrkhani, whose project focuses on transcranial ultrasound stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus to address freezing of gait in PD. Negar will be mentored by Robert Chen at the University Health Network.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Naomi Grabus, whose project focuses on targeting NaV1.7 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease associated pain. Naomi will be mentored by Rajesh Khanna at the University of Florida.
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May 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Naomi Grabus, whose project focuses on targeting NaV1.7 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease associated pain. Naomi will be mentored by Rajesh Khanna at the University of Florida.
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Aidan Meyers, whose project focuses on exploring intestinal SLC4A2 as a modifier of dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a C. elegans model of PD. Aidan will be mentored by Kim Caldwell at the University of Alabama.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📢 Congratulations to 2025 Summer Student Fellow, Aidan Meyers, whose project focuses on exploring intestinal SLC4A2 as a modifier of dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a C. elegans model of PD. Aidan will be mentored by Kim Caldwell at the University of Alabama.
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