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A Daughter’s Team Fox Efforts Inspire Her Father to Return to His Passion
October 10, 2012
… loved to hike. For 30 years, Tom Wise would visit Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka, FL, for daily exercise or to … her a letter to share what her efforts meant to him and how they have inspired him. An excerpt from the letter is … needed 0.9 miles) I was motivated to start training and come back to hike the 5.3 miles. I have walked almost every …
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‘Better’ Levodopa Would ‘Mean Everything to Me’
November 21, 2013
… disease. Often, she spends hours working in her studio to create stained glass mosaics . But on other days, she … Maguire experiences the roller coaster of “on/off periods” common to many people taking Parkinson’s medication. Every three hours or so, she takes …
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Raising $100,000 to Defeat Parkinson’s…Virtually!
August 15, 2019
… Tom Fulmer (on the right) with his family. Team Fox members … the time and effort required to create one. You simply complete the “Join the Team” process, set your goal and go for it! To see how it works, go to ExerciseToDefeatParkinsons.org MJFF : …
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Will Parkinson's Change How I'm Seen as a Dad?
August 7, 2015
… M. Roberts, Associate Dean at the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College and member of the MJFF … on being a dad with Young-onset Parkinson's disease. I tend to take very few things in life seriously — including my own … my daughter see me as being "sick"? Will it diminish her childhood in significant ways? Make her feel that she …
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Engaging Employees and Colleagues to Speed a Cure
October 24, 2016
… Foundation (MJFF) at your work place? There are many ways to support the Foundation and one innovative way is through your company's employee engagement program. Sebastian … research programs. His story is just one example of how you can be a champion for MJFF. Interested in starting …
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Development of SHG to Discover Drugs to Selectively Block AlphaS toxicity
… as one possible mechanism for PD. Drugs that can target this abnormal change in the structure of the … conformation. Using this technology, he will create a laboratory screening assay that can be used to screen for compounds that can block abnormal changes in …