In response to the increasingly difficult funding climate for Parkinson’s disease research, APDA launched the Bridge Funding Awards to sustain promising investigators facing unexpected gaps in support. These awards ensure that critical research continues without interruption. Meet the inaugural awardees and explore how APDA is helping keep Parkinson’s research moving forward.
Donghe Yang, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY
Characterizing and modeling the development of human A9 midbrain dopaminergic neurons with pluripotent stem cells
Generating dopamine neurons from stem cells
Helen Hwang, MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Characterization of inhibitors of alpha-synuclein fibril growth
How to stop alpha-synuclein from accumulating in nerve cells
Franchino Porciuncula, PT, DScPT, EdD
Trustees of Boston University, Boston, MA
Does rhythmic auditory stimulus reduce the cognitive demands of walking in Parkinson’s disease?
Strategies to improve the walking of someone with Parkinson’s disease