Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Our commitment to DEI removes barriers to care and research.
At the Parkinson’s Foundation, we remain dedicated to advancing equity in health and Parkinson’s disease care. Learn how we’re working toward a more inclusive future for all: Parkinson.org/about-us/vision-mission/diversity-equity-inclusion
19.01.2026 14:04
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Celebrating 12 Milestones that Defined 2025
In 2025, we advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) research while working hard to represent the one million people in the U.S. living with this neurodegenerative disease.
2025 was a remarkable year for the Parkinson’s Foundation!
With your support, we launched new initiatives & vital PD resources, stayed fast in our commitment to improving PD care & research, and empowered the community through education & resources.
Parkinson.org/blog/awareness/2025-milestones
28.12.2025 16:01
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For Researchers
The following information is for researchers, clinicians & fellows. Learn more about the application processes for the various Parkinson's Foundation programs.
🎓Are you an undergrad student, medical student, PhD student, or a postdoctoral fellow in pursuit of Parkinson's-related research projects? If so, you should apply for our Summer Student Fellowships or Visiting Scholar Awards!
▶️Applications are due 1/26, apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
23.12.2025 22:12
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Fellowships & Early Career Awards
Awarded to encourage young scientists, clinicians and students to devote their talents to the study of PD.
👀 Did you know that the Parkinson’s Foundation is now accepting applications for our Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award?
Applications close on January 12th, get those apps in!
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18.12.2025 18:08
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee, Hikaru Kamo from the University of Florida, whose project focuses on artificial intelligence-based deep brain stimulation programming for #Parkinsons disease.
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12.12.2025 16:22
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📣Introducing our 2025 Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Awardee! This 1-year award is jointly supported by the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders (IAPRD) and is designed to foster clinical research into any aspect of PD conducted by young investigators.
12.12.2025 16:20
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Katherine Surridge from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, whose project focuses on determining #Parkinsons disease-associated LRRK2’s cellular function using designer small molecules.
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11.12.2025 17:20
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Pamela Marcott from the University of California San Francisco, whose project focuses on dissecting neural circuits regulating sleep fragmentation in #Parkinsons disease.
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11.12.2025 17:18
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Jonggeol Kim from the Baylor College of Medicine, whose project focuses on using causal pivot model and AI to identify novel PD risk variants.
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11.12.2025 17:16
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Xiaolin Huang from the University of California Berkeley, whose project focuses on dopamine dynamics and sleep deficits in #Parkinsons disease.
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11.12.2025 17:14
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Yujie Fan from the California Institute of Technology, whose project focuses on self-assembling synuclein induces Parkinsonian pathology in vitro and in vivo.
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11.12.2025 17:12
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Tatyana Bodrug from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, whose project focuses on mechanisms of LRRK2 activation in #Parkinsons disease-associated lysosome disfunction.
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11.12.2025 17:10
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📣Introducing our 2025 Postdoctoral Fellows! This two-year fellowship supports young scientists fresh from their PhD training or neurology residencies. This year we funded 6 Postdoctoral Fellowships for a total of $860k.
11.12.2025 17:08
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardee, Dr. Jacob Simmering from the University of Iowa, whose project focuses on identifying sentinel diagnoses to improve the detection of prodromal and early #Parkinsons disease.
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10.12.2025 15:37
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardee, Dr. Lauren Hammer from the University of Pennsylvania, whose project focuses on subcortical stimulation-entrained gamma oscillations for adaptive deep brain stimulation in #Parkinsons disease.
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10.12.2025 15:35
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardee, Dr. Jared Cregg from the University of Wisconsin, whose project focuses on modulating brainstem networks for effortless locomotor coordination in #Parkinsons disease.
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10.12.2025 15:33
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📣Introducing our 2025 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awardees! This award acts as a bridge to ensure promising early-career scientists stay in the #Parkinsons research field, helping us solve, treat, and end the disease. This year we funded 3 Stanley Fahn Junior Faculty Awards for a total of $900k.
10.12.2025 15:29
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The Parkinson's Foundation is celebrating a significant milestone! Our landmark genetics study, PD GENEration, has enrolled 30,000 participants. 🧬
PD GENEration offers genetic testing and counseling, at no cost, to people living with Parkinson's disease in more than 8 countries. (1/3)
08.12.2025 14:03
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Wilma van de Berg from the Amsterdam University Medical Center, whose project focuses on scrutinizing cellular shuttling in #Parkinsons disease.
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09.12.2025 15:44
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Paolo Moretti from the University of Utah, whose project focuses on identifying candidate #Parkinsons disease predisposition genes in multi-generational high-risk pedigrees.
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09.12.2025 15:42
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Patrick Lewis from the Royal Veterinary College, whose project focuses on defining the impact of the LRRK2 G2385R variant.
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09.12.2025 15:40
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Simone Engelender from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, whose project focuses on a novel peptide strategy to prevent a-synuclein accumulation and aggregation in #PD and #DLB.
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09.12.2025 15:38
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Sirwan Darweesh from the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, whose project focuses on slowing #Parkinsons early through exercise dosage.
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09.12.2025 15:36
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📢 Congratulations to 2025 Trailblazer Awardee, Dr. Jay Alberts from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, whose project focuses on utilizing AI to realize the value of skin biopsy phosphorylated alpha-synuclein in early diagnosis of #Parkinsons disease.
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09.12.2025 15:33
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📣Introducing our 2025 Trailblazer Awardees! The Parkinson’s Foundation Trailblazer Award was designed to fund researchers for innovative projects that bring new light to the biology of #Parkinsons or test novel therapeutic ideas. This year we funded 7 Trailblazer Awards, for a total of $1.1 million.
09.12.2025 15:30
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For Researchers
The following information is for researchers, clinicians & fellows. Learn more about the application processes for the various Parkinson's Foundation programs.
🚨 Big news! The Parkinson’s Foundation is now accepting for our Visiting Scholar Award, Summer Student Fellowship, and Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award! 🚀
Apply now: www.parkinson.org/advancing-re...
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25.11.2025 21:35
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