Upcoming Events and Media Coverage
Press & Events Get updates: Email RSS
MDS 2013 Poster: “Relationship between Serum Urate and Clinical Features in Early Parkinson’s Disease: PPMI Baseline Data”
A poster submitted by Radu Constantinescu, MD of the Center for Human Experimental Therapeutics (CHET) at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been accepted for the poster session at the Movement Disorder Society’s International Congress this June in Sydney, Australia.
Continue reading...PPMI focus on LRRK2 gene profiled in two South Florida newspapers
Earlier this month, two Florida newspapers reported on the prevalence of LRRK2 genetic mutations in the Ashkenazi Jewish population and the need for them to receive genetic testing and participate in PPMI. Dr. Stuart Isaacson, director of PPMI site Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton, was interviewed.
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...Upcoming presentations on PPMI at The Movement Disorders Society International Congress
Five abstracts will be presented at MDS in mid-June. Learn more about the topics that will be covered.
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...Dr. Norbert Schuff to present preliminary findings on DTI in PPMI at the 2012 AAN Annual Meeting
Dr. Norbert Schuff will be presenting "Distribution of Diminished Brain Microstructure in Parkinson's Disease: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of the Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative" during the Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease Scientific Session at the AAN Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 25.
Continue reading...Stop by the MJFF booth featuring PPMI at AAN meeting!
The Michael J. Fox Foundation will have a booth at the AAN annual meeting in New Orleans, LA from April 23 - 26.
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...New Blood test for Parkinson’s is being studied
The company Durin Technologies has identified a panel of protein biomarkers in the blood of Parkinson’s disease subjects that seem to be different compared to controls and Alzheimer’s disease. It is unknown whether the proteins change with the course of the disease but MJFF is supporting the company to verify these results in samples collected in the DATATOP clinical trial to explore this question. If results are promising the PPMI cohort would be a good sample set in which to verify the observation and build the dataset for the biomarker panel.
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.
Continue reading...
