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Research Data Science Internship
… for PD as quickly as possible. We start our fundraising from zero each year and deploy funds raised as quickly as … the Research Partnerships team, you will use data collected from MJFF-sponsored research studies to develop and … team to craft a project that extracts meaningful insights from our cohort study data and make recommendations to …
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PPMI Needs People At Risk for Parkinson’s — Even if Not Diagnosed with PD
March 22, 2021
… and critical initiative in Parkinson’s history, benefiting from the commitment of thousands of scientists, patients and … these processes has been limited at best and gained mostly from small, specialized trials. Now the field is ready for a … poorly understood protective factors that keep some people from ever developing Parkinson’s disease in spite of …
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Vanderbilt University Weekly Newspaper: Deep Brain Stimulation for Early Parkinson’s Shows Promise
March 5, 2010
… a relentlessly progressive motor system disorder, resulting from the loss of dopamine-producing cells, causing tremor, … in the group receiving DBS. He has had no negative effects from the device. “When they take me off my meds and turn off … to prepare for a large-scale study with representatives from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State University, University of …
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“At Some Point You Have to Get Up and Do Something”: MJFF Honors the 110,000 Veterans Living with Parkinson’s
November 10, 2021
… journey. “Some of the greatest people I know are from the military. When the chips are down, they’ll be there … Photo Gallery Reverend Mark Kelm served as an enlisted man from 1989 to 1996 and as an officer from 1996 to 2006 in the U.S. Army Reserve, Minnesota Army …
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Parkinson’s Disease Therapeutics Conference Showcases Progress Toward Better Treatments
… Treat research philosophy, highlighting key projects from the MJFF portfolio. MJFF Chief Science Officer Mark … the lives of people with Parkinson’s, and we approach it from every angle. The range of speakers at the Parkinson’s … example, Josh Cosman, PhD , noted that publications on data from wearable devices, which can provide real-time metrics …
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More Biomarker Developments: New Blood Biomarker Measures Mitochondrial Damage in Parkinson’s
September 1, 2023
… damage, increasing the chances that they will benefit from them,” he said. Studies using biomarkers, such as this … biomarkers and invested in a collection of data samples from people with Parkinson’s for biomarker discovery and … Both αSyn-SAA and this new blood biomarker received grants from MJFF. Testing for the αSyn-SAA utilized the …