Contributions
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Accolades
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In the News
Decoding the Blueprint: Advancing Personalized Parkinson’s Treatments
05/21/2026 — In our community, we often hear: “If you’ve met one person with Parkinson’s, you’ve met one person with Parkinson’s.” This isn’t just an adage — it’s a biological reality. This radical variability is exactly what makes the disease so difficult to outsmart. We’ve learned that a puzzle this fragmented cannot be solved with a single, broad stroke. Our goal isn’t to find one answer for everyone, but the right answer for the right person at the right time.
Pitt Team Receives $9M Grant for Parkinson’s Research
05/07/2026 — J. Timothy Greenamyre, Distinguished Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is a recipient of a $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, titled “Environmental Exposures and PD Heterogeneity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Mitigation.”
UK DRI scientists receive multi-million-dollar awards to tackle Parkinson’s
05/05/2026 — Four scientists from the UK DRI are amongst the recipients of new global team-based research awards announced last week by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s Initiative (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), as part of ASAP’s Collaborative Research Network (CRN).
MJFF and ASAP Invest $261M in Global Network for Parkinson’s Research
04/30/2026 — Parkinson’s News Today reports that ASAP and The Michael J. Fox Foundation are investing $261 million to expand the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to better understand what drives Parkinson’s disease and to accelerate the development of more personalized therapies.
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s and The Michael J. Fox Foundation Expand Global Research Initiative with $261M Investment Toward Personalized Treatments
04/28/2026 — Today, Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), announced $261 million in new grant funding for the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) to map the biological blueprint of Parkinson’s disease and build a standardized toolkit of global research resources that are needed to turn discoveries into treatments.
