How does research into Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s overlap, and what insights are being revealed? Tune into audio from this month’s Third Thursdays Webinar to hear our panel of experts discuss what scientists are learning about how these diseases affect the brain and how understanding their links may lead to better care for people living with a disease.
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In this episode, Katie Kopil, PhD, SVP and head of clinical research at The Michael J. Fox Foundation leads a conversation with:
Fred Goldstein, the founder and president of Accountable Health, LLC, a healthcare consulting firm focused on population health. He also is the host of PopHealth Week, a weekly radio show, and has been a care partner to his father, who lived with dementia with lewy bodies, and his mother, who lives with Alzheimer’s.
Thomas Tropea, DO, MPH, the Chief Medical Officer at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders. He is also a movement disorder specialist and adjunct professor of neurology at The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc, a movement disorder specialist and the director of the University of Florida Health Mangurian Clinical-Research Headquarters for Lewy body Dementia at the Normen Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases.
View a transcript of this podcast.
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