The University of Iowa

The Michael J. Fox Foundation launches PPMI Expansion

Chelsea Caspell-Garcia and the rest of our CTSDMC biostatistics team have led statistical efforts for the Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) since 2011. On December 2nd, 2021, The Michael J. Fox Foundation launched a new initiative aimed at studying these early signs of Parkinson's. 

More information: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/12/02/michael-j-fox-help-end-parkinsons/8813897002/?fbclid=IwAR2myKGRxSzKqTiOXwzIdEp34l2Dgo4wZlH3qbusQBcaIH5Lb51NjK7Vlak