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W.N. "Bill" Wilkins
… the first President of the IOA in New York City to come from within the industry itself. He founded Wilkins Media … one of the "PD 4," a group of involved patient advocates from four states who organized the "Parkinson's Disease … This four-day educational event welcomed attendees from across the country and featured widely recognized …
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New Research Shows Promise for Diagnosing and Measuring Parkinson’s at Home Through Easily Collected Breathing Data
September 8, 2022
… The study, conducted with the help of MJFF funding, comes from a team of researchers led by Dr. Dina Katabi of the … with more than 120,000 hours of nocturnal breathing signals from 757 PD volunteers. Researchers used this dataset of … of PD symptoms, comparing the scores against assessments from their AI. The team asserts in the paper, “This work …
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Catching up with Team Fox member Michele Kustera
February 6, 2012
… Michele Kustera is a Team Fox member from Huntington, NY, who threw her first event on January … $2,000 for Team Fox. A snow storm prevented some folks from coming, but it didn’t stop Michele and her 50 attendees from having a great time. We caught up with Michele to get …
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In Memoriam: MJFF Mourns Loss of Parkinson’s Research Leader C. Warren Olanow, MD
November 1, 2024
… design and helped to bring research into the clinic. From its earliest days, Dr. OIanow participated in The … into the importance of protecting dopaminergic neurons from degenerating, highlighting mechanisms we continue to …
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Watch Now: Guest Bloggers Susan and Gretja Otten Share the Hike of Their Lives
March 8, 2023
… 14.25 average miles/day Five and a half months away from home Three hurricanes One case of COVID One root … By the numbers, our thru hike of the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia to raise funds for Parkinson’s disease … with Parkinson’s in 2010 at age 51, didn’t deter us from accomplishing the adventure of a lifetime. Not only …
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Michael J. Fox Foundation CEO, Todd Sherer, Selected to Serve on NCATS Advisory Council
September 14, 2012
… on the importance of NCATS funding and lessons learned from MJFF’s model to speed translation. “Streamlining the drug discovery process from the lab to the pharmacy shelf has been a key focus of … gain insight into other diseases while applying learnings from our experience in Parkinson’s — all to help propel the …