Links
About Parkinson Disease
Parkinson's Disease Information Page at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
The Parkinson Disease Foundation, which funds PD research initiatives and provides support and resources for those living with PD.
The American Parkinson Disease Association, possibly the nation's largest organization dedicated to fighting Parkinson Disease.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, which seeks both improved treatments and a cure for Parkinson Disease.
Collaborators
The Connor lab research program is directed at understanding how physiological and structural properties of muscles, skin, and the central and peripheral nervous systems change with aging, surgery, diseases and disorders, and how these changes may influence properties of voice production, speech, and swallowing.
Dr. Timothy Mcculloch specializes in treatment of head and neck cancer, voice and swallowing disorders, trauma, reconstruction, and skull base surgery.
The main goal of Dr. Rebecca Johnson's translational research program as a clinician-scientist focuses on the ability to reverse (or slow development of) breathing deficits in models of neurological diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Dr. Emily Plowman of the Aeordigestive Research Core at the University of Florida focuses to improve and maintain upper aerodigestive tract function in individuals with neurologic disease and the associated processes of speech, breathing and swallowing.
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Dr. Theresa Lever of the University of Missouri performs translational research on the neuroscience of dysphagia, or swallowing impairment.
Dr. Sheila Fleming studies the underlying mechanisms of the motor and non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson disease and tests potential therapeutics in animal models of the disorder at the University of Cincinatti.
Dr. Marie-Francoise Chesselet focuses her research on Parkinson Disease at the University of California, Los Angeles.