Research We Funded in 2015-16
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Awarded to support post-doctoral scientists whose research training holds promise into new insights of geriatric psychology, pathophysiology, etiology and treatment of Parkinson’s disease. This is a fellowship of $35,000 per year for one year.
Xi Chen, PhD
Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI
Functional Interaction of VPS35 and Alpha Synuclein in Models of Parkinson’s Disease
Fabienne C. Fiesel, PhD
Fabienne C. Fiesel, PhDMayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Pathophysiological relevance of phospho-ubiquitin to genetic and environmental Parkinsonism
Serene Paul, PhD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
The impact of dopamine and practice on postural motor learning in Parkinson’s disease
Emily Rocha, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Defining the role of glucocerebrosidase and TFEB in Parkinson’s disease
Research Grants
Awarded for junior investigators to pursue research in Parkinson’s disease. The applicant must be affiliated with and perform the research project at an academic institution. This is a grant of $50,000 per year for one year, renewable.
Tim Bartels, PhD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Differential detection of physiological and pathological alpha synuclein
Jacqueline Burre, PhD
Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
Aging increases the aggregation-prone cytosolic pool of alpha synuclein
Alice Cronin-Golomb, PhD and Joseph DeGutis, PhD
Boston University, Boston, MA
Attentional and Exercise Interventions to Improve Non-Motor and Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
Andreas H. Kottmann, PhD
The Research Foundation for CUNY, New York, NY
Preclinical Evaluation of Smoothened Pharmacology as Adjuvants Strategy to Avoid L-Dopa Induced Dyskinesia Formation
Jeane Latourelle, DSc
Boston University, Boston, MA
Comparison of microRNAs across Parkinson’s brains and biofluids
Oren Levy, MD, PhD
Columbia University Health Science Center, New York, NY
Yes: A novel regulator of parkin levels and neuronal survival in Parkinson disease
Vivek K. Unni, MD, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
In vivo imaging of Lewy pathology & neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease
Stephen N. Witt, PhD
Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA
CDP-ethanolamine as a possible inhibitor of α-synuclein-induced pathology and behavioral deficits in a progressive mouse model of Parkinson’s disease-A pilot study.
Summer Student Fellowships
Awarded to undergraduate and medical students to support research that will help solve, treat and end Parkinson’s disease. The focus of this award is to inspire and invest in young scientists at a critical time in their educational and professional careers. This is a $4,000 stipend for projects conducted over a ten-week period this summer.
Preston Ge
Mentor: Ted Dawson, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Identifying Elements of the Transcriptional Regulatory Network of PARIS (ZNF746) Involved in Alpha-synuclein-Induced Neurodegeneration
Dima Hage
Mentor: David Park, PhD
University of Ottawa
The Interaction of Parkinson’s Disease Gene FBXO7 with Bag2
Kiana Khosravian
Mentor: Malú Tansey, PhD
Emory University
DBH-ASYN Mouse Model, Effect of Inflammation in Gastrointestinal System
Sydney Lee
Mentor: Edward Fon, MD
McGill University
The Role of the ESCRT Complex in a Vesicular Trafficking Pathway from Mitochondria to Lysosomes
Stuart McCarter
Mentor: Erik St. Louis, MD
Mayo Clinic
REM Sleep Without Atonia Signatures Help Distinguish Between Synucleinopathy Disorders
Rachel Mikofsky
Mentor: David Sulzer, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
In Vivo Optical Measurement of Direct and Indirect Path Projection Neuron Activity in a Parkinson’s Disease Rodent Model with Treatment of L-DOPA and Cannabinoid Antagonists
Emily Ong
Mentor: Shubhik DebBurman, PhD
Lake Forest College
Relevance of Amino Acid Charge/Polarity in New Familial Mutants of Alpha-synuclein
Henry Resnikoff
Mentor: Marina Emborg. MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Impact of Inflammation on Alpha-synuclein Expression in the Colonic Enteric Nervous System
Maya Silver
Mentor: Brad Racette, MD
Washington University
Association Between Water Source and Incidental Parkinson’s Disease
Samuel Stanley
Mentor: Kim Caldwell, PhD
University of Alabama
Investigation of Dopamine Neuron Degeneration as a Consequence of Microbiome-Derived Bacteria
Adina Wise
Mentor: Roy Alcalay, MD, MS
Columbia University Medical Center
Parkinson’s Disease Penetrance in Obligate Carriers of SMPD1 Mutations
Kali Xu
Mentor: Kathleen Poston, MD, MS
Stanford University School of Medicine
High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s
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