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MJFF Guest Blogger: Aimie Vallat; “The Space Between Love and Loss in Parkinson’s: On Anticipatory Grief”
February 11, 2026
… and to search for meaning within unexpected loss. In the early years after my father’s diagnosis, this weight pressed heavily on me. Our lives were … reach. I felt these shifts like a lead weight, pulling me into a sadness that was unfamiliar and uncomfortable. I …
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What We Fund: $62.4M for Tools to Track PD and Therapies to Treat It
January 9, 2026
… to treat it and more. Find more on MJFF Funded Studies here . Research to Build Better Treatment Pipelines The … more strategic. That de-risking encourages pharmaceutical companies to invest in next-generation treatments that will … . To learn more about active funding mechanisms at MJFF, visit our Funding Opportunities page. Jen Fisher Wilson …
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Marie-Christine Chartier-Harlin, PhD
… de Lille in Lille, France. She pursued post-doctoral research as a research fellow at Saint Mary's Hospital Medical School in … mechanisms of PD. Dr. Chartier-Harlin is head of the Early Stages of PD team at the Jean-Pierre Aubert Research …
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Peter DiBiaso
… centricity – putting patients at the center of the clinical research enterprise. Here’s my message: get involved, get … 49 Peter was diagnosed as having symptoms “suggestive” of early onset Parkinson’s Disease (EOPD). Despite his … for Team Fox’s fund-raising opportunity on behalf of entry into the New York City marathon. This led to yet another NYC …
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AD/PD 2024 Conference Highlights the Biological Era of Parkinson’s Disease
March 21, 2024
… strides made in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's research while emphasizing the critical need for … and investment. With Parkinson's research moving deeper into the biological era, the gathering served as a nexus for … and its use for clinical management is premature. These are early days, and we will need to expand the framework to …
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The New York Times: Marching Through Life with Parkinson's
June 13, 2011
… In speaking recently with several of them, two common threads emerged: an initial unwillingness to believe … balance exercises. “If I don’t work out, my symptoms are much worse,” she said. Dr. Jaffe dances the tango and whacks … — 80 to 90 revolutions a minute — an activity that was shown in studies at the Cleveland Clinic to significantly …