(Mission Viejo, CA, March 26, 2026) Altura and The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) have expanded their partnership to bring important Parkinson’s and brain health studies to primary care and community health settings. The project’s primary goal is to expand access to research, especially among underrepresented communities.
The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) collects information over time from people with and without Parkinson’s to learn more about how brain disease starts and changes and how to stop it. The Black & African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study is an initiative of the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2) which aims to learn more about gene changes that may cause Parkinson’s in Black and African American people.
Participating primary care organizations include community health centers who are members of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, Privia Health (Houston), Arizona Priority Care (Phoenix), Bay Area Community Health (San Francisco), CareSouth (Shreveport), UI Health Mile Square Health Center (Chicago) and SIHF Healthcare (St. Louis).
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