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Share your thanks with PPMI study participants
Take a few minutes to write a letter of thanks to the PPMI participants who are making this study possible.
Continue reading...Participant Profile: Taking on Parkinson’s Together
Meet Alison and Bob Wachstein of Weston, Connecticut who are participating in PPMI together.
Continue reading...Help us thank the PPMI volunteers who make this effort possible
Many of you have benefited from being able to access the enormous amount of data and specimens being collected via PPMI. But, as we all know, those precious resources don’t fall from the sky. They come from the 600 PPMI subjects who have committed to the rigorous battery of tests and assessments involved in PPMI. And they [...]
Continue reading...PPMI study to add a new prodromal cohort
The PPMI Steering Committee has recently decided to expand PPMI to include a prodromal PD cohort. Defining a pre-diagnostic or prodromal phase for PD presents both an immediate challenge – how to reliably identify individuals during this prodromal period at high risk to phenoconvert to PD – and an eventual opportunity: can we ultimately treat [...]
Continue reading...Keeping participants engaged over time: PPMI retention events
Retention is quickly becoming a key priority as over half of the PD cohort in PPMI is recruited. PPMI retention events are proving to be an important strategy to bring PPMI participants together, share study updates and answer questions.
Continue reading...All These People, Working for Us
PPMI Patient Committee member, Peter Burne, reflects on his experience attending the PPMI Annual Meeting in early May in New York City.
Continue reading...PPMI presented at the ACRP 2012 Global Conference
The ACRP 2012 Global Conference recently featured a poster and presentation on PPMI. PPMI and MJFF discussed innovative strategies for recruiting difficult populations and what they have learned so far from enrollments in PPMI. The Poster and Presentation are available here for download!
Continue reading...PPMI 2012 Annual Meeting Summary
The PPMI Annual Meeting recently took place in New York City. Access to the presentations that were made at the meeting are now available.
Continue reading...PPMI subject and site PI featured on “Arizona Illustrated”
Dr. Holly Shill, PI at Banner Sun Health, and PPMI subject Kistie Sharp were interviewed on KUAT-TV’s “Arizona Illustrated”. They spoke about hopes for finding a biomarker for PD and motivation for joining PPMI.
Continue reading...Michael J. Fox op-eds in Sun Sentinel
The Sun Sentinel publishes an op-ed by Michael J. Fox that focuses on the critical role clinical trial volunteers play in advancing Parkinson's research.
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