Our Team
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Core & Project Leads
Cores
Projects
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Project I: Evolution of cholinergic deficits within multisensory, cognitive, and motor integration brain regions and development of PIGD features in people with Parkinson’s disease
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Project II: Circuit Mechanisms of Attentional-Motor Interface Dysfunction in PD Falls
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Project III: Cingulo-Opercular Task Control Network Cholinergic Dysfunction in PD
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Catalyst Research Project: Retrosplenial Cholinergic and Attentional-Motor Integration Dysfunction
Udall News
Living with Parkinson’s: New Frontiers in Research & Care
Udall Center investigators Drs. Roger Albin and Kelvin Chou present at the Parkinson’s Foundation Living with Parkinson’s New Frontiers in Research and Care on June 4, 1-3 pm. This program is open to people with Parkinson’s, their family, friends and the community. The program provides information highlighting the Parkinson’s Foundation’s national research initiatives. Participants learn how research[…]
The World Parkinson Congress (WPC) virtual conference took place May 17-21, 2021
The World Parkinson Congress (WPC) added a virtual conference that took place from May 17-21, 2021, with scientific updates and topics (https://www.worldpdcoalition.org/page/WPCVirtual). Program dates: Monday – Friday, May 17 – 21, 2021. Topics presented during this five-day virtual program included updates on: Basic Science, Clinical Science, Treatment Options, Comprehensive Care, and Living with Parkinson’s. The program also[…]
The 6th World Parkinson Congress (WPC 2022) will be held in Barcelona, Spain from June 7 – 10, 2022
Everyone in the community who is touched by Parkinson’s, whether a researcher, physician, family member, clinician, nurse, or rehab specialist is welcome to attend the WPC 2022. World Parkinson Congresses are 100% inclusive scientific events. Every three years the WPC brings together basic scientists, neurologists, general physicians, nurses, rehab specialists (PT, OT, SLP), and a wide[…]
Motor City UpBeats Therapeutic Choir open to people with Parkinson’s
Motor City UpBeats Therapeutic ChoirVirtual Open House and Voice Exercise Class Motor City UpBeats Founder Dr. Alice Silbergleit and Director and Co-Founder Elizabeth Esqueda hosted a kick off to the 2021 Semester on January 29. Elizabeth led the group in warm-ups, voice exercises, musical skills and songs. Dr. Silbergleit joined for a Q & A[…]
The 5th Annual Carl Rinne Lewy Body Dementia Initiative Lecture: “Diamonds are forever: an overview of the UK Diamond-Lewy study”
Dr. John-Paul Taylor presented at The 5th Annual Carl Rinne Lewy Body Dementia Initiative Lecture in conjunction with Neurology Grand Rounds virtually on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.The title of his presentation was: “Diamonds are forever: an overview of the UK Diamond-Lewy study”. Dr. John-Paul Taylor MD MRCPsych PhD is Professor of Translational Dementia Research and Honorary Consultant at Newcastle University[…]
Virtual Exercise Classes for People Living with PD Carried on Throughout Summer 2020
Virtual Parkinson Exercise Classes were offered by our partners in the fight against Parkinson’s! See below for details on the classes offered.
“I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s” Events
The Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation hosted several fundraising walks. “I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s” Metro Detroit Walk Event Saturday, September 26, 2020 Registration opens at 9:00 amOpening Ceremony at 10:15 amWalk Begins at 10:30 amExercise Demonstrations at 11:00 am Click Here to REGISTER Click Here to DONATE “I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s” Southwest Michigan[…]
2019 Parkinson’s Disease & You Symposium
The Parkinson’s Disease & You Symposium, which started in 2009, is an all-day annual event that attracts people from throughout Michigan and Ohio, regardless of where they receive care. The 2019 Symposium which took place on October 4, 1019, provided up-to-date information given by leaders in the field and a chance to connect with other[…]
University of Michigan Udall Researchers’ Article Named One of the Top-50 Neuroscience Papers for 2018 (by downloads)
Congratulations to University of Michigan’s Udall researchers whose article, Model-based and Model-free Machine Learning Techniques for Diagnostic Prediction and Classification of Clinical Outcomes in Parkinson’s Disease, received 2,663 article views in 2018, placing it as one of the top 100 read neuroscience papers for Scientific Reports in 2018. Scientific Reports published more than 1, 627 neuroscience papers in 2018, and so a position in the top 100 most[…]
Dr. Bernard Balleine was the keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Udall Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research Symposium on September 4, 2019
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Biomedical Science Research Building 109 Zina Pitcher Place, Ann Arbor, MI The keynote speaker for the 5th Annual Udall Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research Symposium was Bernard Balleine, Ph.D. Dr. Balleine is the Head of the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory; School of Psychology at the University of New South[…]