Advancing Parkinson’s Treatments Grants | $705,000

Facilitate the movement of treatments from “bench to bedside.”

Translational Research Grants | $500,000

Impact of a Novel Exercise Intervention on Executive Function and Sleep in People with Parkinson’s
Amy Amara, M.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham

Remotely-supervised Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for At-home Treatment of Fatigue and Cognitive Slowing in Parkinson’s Disease
Milton Biagioni, M.D., New York University°

Goal-directed Behavior in Parkinson’s Disease
Nabila Dahodwala, M.D., University of Pennsylvania°

Multi-modal Neuroimaging of Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease
Hengyi Rao, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania°

Double-blind, Randomised, Cross-over, Pilot Study of Cannabidiol in People with Parkinson’s and RBD Sleep Disorder
Renata Riha, M.D., University of Edinburgh

Innovations Awards | $150,000

Parkinson Study Group: Advancing Clinical Research
Hubert Fernandez, M.D., and Michael Schwarzschild, M.D., Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School°

Meeting Sponsorship | $55,000

Gordon Research Conference on Parkinson’s Disease | $50,000
Andrew Singleton, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (Chair), J. Timothy Greenamyre, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (Co-Chair)

20 Years of Alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s Disease and Related Synucleinopathies: From Bedside to Bench and Back to the Patient | $3,000
Leonidas Stefanis, M.D., Ph.D., University of Athens Medical School (Chair), Kostas Vekrellis, Ph.D., Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (Co-Chair)

American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair Travel Grants | $2,000
Fredric Manfredsson, Ph.D., Michigan State University

Fellowship and Career Development Awards | $1.17 Million

Prepare leaders in Parkinson’s research and clinical practice.

Clinical Training Fellowships | $460,000

Columbia University Medical Center°
Deepak Gupta, M.D.*
Devin Hall, M.D.*
Krithi Irmandy, M.D., Ph.D.
Lan Luo, M.D.**
Sarah O’Shea, M.D.*

Rush University Medical Center°
Avram Fraint, M.D.*
Anjali Gera, M.D.

Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awards | $300,000

Direct Imaging of the Cause and Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease with Synthetic Modulatory Neurotransmitter Nanosensors
Markita Landry, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

In Vivo Systems-based and Unbiased Approaches to Study A-syn Toxicity
Maxime Rousseaux, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine°

Deconstructing the Behavioral Neuropharmacology of Parkinson’s Disease
Michael Tadross, M.D., Ph.D., Duke University°

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | $275,000

White Matter Templates in Parkinson’s Disease
Derek Bradley Archer, Ph.D., Mentor: David Vaillancourt Ph.D., University of Florida

D620N VPS35 Knock-In Mice: A New Model of Familial Parkinson’s Disease
Xi Chen, Ph.D., Mentor: Darren Moore, Ph.D., Van Andel Institute

Mitochondrial Protein Homeostasis in Peripheral Axons
Jill Falk, Ph.D., Mentor: Thomas Schwarz, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital Boston

Human Dopamine Neuronal Progenitors for PD Therapeutic Development
Xiang Li, Ph.D., Mentor: Su-Chun Zhang, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Role of Cerebellum on Basal Ganglia Cortical Network in Parkinson’s Disease
Nicholas Strzalkowski, Ph.D., Mentor: Zelma Kiss, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C., University of Calgary, Canada°

Collaborative Fellowships | $138,000

Clinical Research Training Fellowship | $45,000
(In partnership with the American Brain Foundation / American Academy of Neurology)
Wearable Devices and Smartphone Apps in PD
Michelle Fullard, M.D., Mentor: Alice Chen-Plotkin, M.D., University of Pennsylvania°

Parkinson’s Foundation-PSG Mentored Clinical Research Award | $50,000
(In partnership with the Parkinson Study Group)
Automated Closed-looped Algorithm to Rapidly Optimize DBS Settings for PD
Matthew Petrucci, Ph.D., Mentors: Paul Tuite, M.D., Colum MacKinnon, Ph.D., and Theoden Netoff, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Parkinson’s Foundation-HHMI Medical Fellowship | $43,000
(In partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Automated Closed-looped Algorithm to Rapidly Optimize DBS Settings for PD
Zachary Abecassis, M.D., Mentor: C Savio Chan, Ph.D., candidate, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine°

Parkinson’s Foundation-APDA Summer Student Fellowships | $60,000
(In partnership with the American Parkinson Disease Association)

Development of Non-invasive Immunotherapy for PD: Intranasal Targeting of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies to the CNS
Sam Boroumand, Mentor: Robert Thorne, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Brain Atrophy and the Progression of Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s
Carolina Cao, Mentor: Meghan Campbell, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine

Role of Lactate Shuttling in Motor Control of GPe Neurons
Isabel Fan, Mentor: C. Savio Chan, Ph.D., Northwestern University°

The Interaction of Two Parkinson’s Disease Genes FBX07 and PINK1
Dima Hage, Mentor: David Park, Ph.D., University of Ottawa

Modulating SNr Neuronal Activity in PD and LID
Yong Hu, M.D., Ph.D. Student, Mentor: Un Jung Kang, M.D., Columbia University Medical Center°

Characterizing Microsaccades as a Novel Diagnostic Biomarker for PD
Sarah Kang, Mentor: Aasef Shaikh, M.D., Ph.D., Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Stability, Activity and Mutation Effects In Human and Mouse LRRK2
Rebekah Langston, Mentor: Mark Cookson, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health

Using Human Neurons to Delineate the Role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Parkinson’s Disease
Lotus Lum, Mentor: Scott Oakes, M.D., University of California, San Francisco°

Mapping of Cortical Networks Activated by Dorsal vs. Ventral STN-DBS
Aarathi Minisandram, Mentor: Todd Herrington, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital°

Effect of Levodopa on the Consolidation of Learning in People with PD
Zhen-Yi Andy Ou, Mentor: Madeleine Sharp, M.D., M.Sc., Montreal Neurological Hospital

Nuclear Membrane Abnormalities in a Symptomatic Dystonia Model
CheyAnne Rivera, Mentor: William Dauer, M.D., University of Michigan

Novel Neuro-ophthalmic Clinical Markers for Parkinson’s Disease
Caroline Yu, Mentor: Y. Joyce Liao, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford School of Medicine

* Denotes a second year of funding ** Denotes third year of funding °Denotes Center of Excellence

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