The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) has awarded the 2022 Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research to J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D., vice… Read more
Tag: Parkinson’s disease
Pitt Study Finds Possible New Driver of Parkinson’s Disease
A University of Pittsburgh study, now published in Neurobiology of Disease, was first to show that a particular enzyme involved in many bodily functions, called… Read more
Sean Logan Shares Battle with Parkinson’s Disease
UPMC East Board Chair Sean Logan believes the cure for Parkinson’s disease – a neurodegenerative condition with which he has recently been diagnosed –… Read more
UPMC Movement Disorders Expert Named to Parkinson Foundation Board of Directors
Dr. Mark Richardson, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Surgery at UPMC, has… Read more
Pitt Researcher Awarded for Parkinson’s Research
Laurie Sanders, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurology in the Pittsburgh Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases of the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurology, will receive the William… Read more