The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

1. 1. The michael j fox foundation for parkinson’s research is the world’s largest nonprofit funder of parkinson’s research. It is dedicated to accelerating a cure and ensuring the development of improved therapies for the estimated six million people worldwide living with parkinson’s disease today. The foundation pursues its goals through an aggressively funded highly targeted research program coupled with the active global engagement of scientists parkinson’s patients and care partners business leaders clinical-trial participants and donors. The foundation has fundamentally altered the trajectory of progress toward a cure. Operating at the hub of worldwide of parkinson’s research the foundation: (i) forges groundbreaking collaborations with industry leaders academic scientists and government research funders; (ii) leverages new technologies to amplify the patient voice in parkinson’s research; (iii) mobilizes patients and families to increase the flow of participants into clinical trials; and (iv) coordinates community engagement efforts including patient policy advocacy education and community building through the grassroots involvement of thousands of team fox members around the world.