Parkinson's Foundation Research
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.
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- Summer Student Fellowship and Visiting Scholar Award applications are due on MONDAY! 😮 ▶️Apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- 📢 New from the Parkinson’s Foundation blog! 🧠 Discover how researchers at the University of Michigan are mapping the brain to unravel Parkinson’s disease and drive breakthroughs in understanding and treatment. Read more ⬇️ www.parkinson.org/blog/researc... @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Parkinson's Foundation ResearchAt the Parkinson’s Foundation, we remain dedicated to advancing equity in health and Parkinson’s disease care. Learn how we’re working toward a more inclusive future for all: Parkinson.org/about-us/vision-mission/diversity-equity-inclusion
- 🕙The clock is ticking!🕤 Summer Student Fellowship and Visiting Scholar Award applications are due in less than 2 weeks!! 😱 ▶️Apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- Applications close in JUST ONE WEEK for our Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award! 😱 For more information and to apply, click the link below! www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- Reposted by Parkinson's Foundation Research2025 was a remarkable year for the Parkinson’s Foundation! With your support, we launched new initiatives & vital PD resources, stayed fast in our commitment to improving PD care & research, and empowered the community through education & resources. Parkinson.org/blog/awareness/2025-milestones
- 🎓Are you an undergrad student, medical student, PhD student, or a postdoctoral fellow in pursuit of Parkinson's-related research projects? If so, you should apply for our Summer Student Fellowships or Visiting Scholar Awards! ▶️Applications are due 1/26, apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- 👀 Did you know that the Parkinson’s Foundation is now accepting applications for our Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award? Applications close on January 12th, get those apps in! www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- 📣Introducing our 2025 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee! This 1-year award is jointly supported by the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (IAPRD) and is designed to foster clinical research into any aspect of PD conducted by young investigators.
- 📢 Congratulations to 2025 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee, Hikaru Kamo from the University of Florida, whose project focuses on artificial intelligence-based deep brain stimulation programming for #Parkinsons disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 📣Introducing our 2025 Postdoctoral Fellows! This two-year fellowship supports young scientists fresh from their PhD training or neurology residencies. This year we funded 6 Postdoctoral Fellowships for a total of $860k.
- 📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Katherine Surridge from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, whose project focuses on determining #Parkinsons disease-associated LRRK2’s cellular function using designer small molecules. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 📣Introducing our 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardees! This award acts as a bridge to ensure promising early-career scientists stay in the #Parkinsons research field, helping us solve, treat, and end the disease. This year we funded 3 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awards for a total of $900k.
- 📢 Congratulations to 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardee, Dr. Jacob Simmering from the University of Iowa, whose project focuses on identifying sentinel diagnoses to improve the detection of prodromal and early #Parkinsons disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- Reposted by Parkinson's Foundation ResearchThe Parkinson's Foundation is celebrating a significant milestone! Our landmark genetics study, PD GENEration, has enrolled 30,000 participants. 🧬 PD GENEration offers genetic testing and counseling, at no cost, to people living with Parkinson's disease in more than 8 countries. (1/3)
- 📣Introducing our 2025 Trailblazer Awardees! The Parkinson’s Foundation Trailblazer Award was designed to fund researchers for innovative projects that bring new light to the biology of #Parkinsons or test novel therapeutic ideas. This year we funded 7 Trailblazer Awards, for a total of $1.1 million.
- 📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Wilma van de Berg from the Amsterdam University Medical Center, whose project focuses on scrutinizing cellular shuttling in #Parkinsons disease. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 🚨 Big news! The Parkinson’s Foundation is now accepting for our Visiting Scholar Award, Summer Student Fellowship, and Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award! 🚀 Apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re... @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 2024 Postdoctoral Fellow Jeroen Habets traveled all the way from Germany to present his work on understanding and treating dyskinesia at #SfN2025.
- Jeroen has been busy lately! Check out his updated preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Another excellent trainee from @bdemira.bsky.social lab, Ashley Adamson, presenting her research at #SfN2025. 🚨Ashley is looking for postdoc opportunities!
- 2025 Visiting Scholar Awardee Teel Walters, from the lab of @bdemira.bsky.social, discussing some of the cool data she collected working in Alison Bernstein's lab this past summer. Perfect collaboration on an awesome project! #SfN2025
- 2024 Summer Student Fellowship awardee Navya Gullapalli presenting her work looking at new roles for astrocytes in PD risk. Awesome work! #SfN2025
- 2025 Summer Student Fellowship Awardee Negar Nasrkhani, who works closely with 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow Amitabh Bhattacharya, presenting her work at #SfN2025. Nice collaboration between two PF-funded awardees!
- It was wonderful seeing everyone at the annual Parkinson's Foundation Social Event at #SfN25!
- It was wonderful to see both some familiar faces and new faces in the PD field. @bdemira.bsky.social
- We were also honored to have our Chief Training and Education Officer Eli Pollard highlight the upcoming 2026 World Parkinson's Congress in Phoenix. It will be an incredible event--register, if you haven't already!
- Check out the newest publication from 2024 Postdoc Fellowship Awardee @silasabuck.bsky.social! Intriguing results--much still to be learned about the role of GVBs.
- Happy to share the 1st paper of my postdoc, finding elevated Rab phosphorylation in neurodegenerative diseases and association with granulovacuolar degeneration! Thanks to Dr. Sanders' mentorship and @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social @pfresearchteam.bsky.social support! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- ⏰It's time to get your LOI submitted for the 2026 Parkinson's Foundation Launch Award! Applications close Wednesday, 10/29 at 3:00pm 😱 For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- Congratulations to 2024 Postdoc Fellow Amitabh Bhattacharya for publishing a new review on how different forms of non-invasive brain stimulation alter brain plasticity. These non-invasive treatments have exciting implications for PD treatments! www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
- ⏰The clock is ticking to get your LOI submitted for the 2026 Parkinson's Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship! Applications close Wednesday, 10/22 at 3:00pm 😱 For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- Our Impact Award LOI applications close THIS FRIDAY at 3:00pm Eastern! 😮 For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re... @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 🚨Our research grant LOI deadlines are approaching!🚨 ▶️Impact Awards: 10/10/2025 ▶️Postdoctoral Fellowships: 10/22/2025 ▶️Launch Awards: 10/29/2025 For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re... @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 😮 Our Impact Award LOI closes NEXT FRIDAY, October 10th at 3:00pm Eastern! ▶️For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- We are now accepting applications for our Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award! 🎉 This is 1-year, $50,000 award is designed to foster clinical research into any aspect of #Parkinsons disease conducted by young investigators. A few details below ⬇️
- ▶️Applicants must hold an MD degree. ▶️Applicants must be specialized in neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields. ▶️Applicants must be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of their residency program.
- ▶️For more information and to apply: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
- Check out the latest from Research Center Awardee @schandralab.bsky.social on cognitive dysfunction in mouse models of GBA-linked PD. They show that GBA mutations contribute to cognitive deficits via mechanisms involving dysfunctional synaptic vesicle endocytosis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- ⏰The clock is ticking to get your LOIs submitted for the 2026 Parkinson's Foundation research grants! Please note the following deadlines (all due at 3:00pm Eastern): ▶️Impact Awards: 10/10/2025 ▶️Postdoctoral Fellowships: 10/22/2025 ▶️Launch Awards: 10/29/2025
- For more information and to apply, please visit: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re... @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
- 📢 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. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
