APDA Announces Two New Centers for Advanced Research
APDA’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) recently approved grants for two new APDA Centers for Advanced Research: the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, and The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. These Centers support large PD research programs that are at the forefront of investigation into the cause, treatment and ultimately cure for PD.
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Dennis Dickson, MD, will serve as the Director of the APDA Center for Advanced Research at the Mayo Clinic and is a world leader in brain pathologies of PD and other neurodegenerative diseases. “The new Mayo Clinic APDA Center for Advanced Research brings together the resources of the number one hospital in Florida as rated by U.S. News & World Report, and the nation’s largest grassroots network for fighting Parkinson’s disease,” says Dr. Dickson. “This joint effort will drive future discovery science and support therapeutic breakthroughs in basic and clinical Parkinson’s research.”
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr. Clemens Scherzer will lead the efforts at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His interdisciplinary lab includes bioinformatics engineers, geneticists, biologists, and clinicians.
He says, “Our Center brings together world-class scientists and physicians from across the Harvard community with a shared passion: to improve the lives of patients with PD. With our amazing patient community and the support of APDA, we are building a vibrant hub for ingenuity, research, clinical, and educational activities for Parkinson’s. We are weaving together patient genomics, large-scale computation, biology, and clinic to develop precision neurology for PD. It will be a Center for discoveries, breakthrough treatments, new investigators, and, if we succeed, a better future for all people with Parkinson’s.”