Penn Udall Center Team
The Penn Udall Center for Parkinson's Research is comprised of a dedicated group of researchers, clinicians, and technical support staff drawn from the Parkinson’s Disease & Movement Disorders Center (PD&MC), part of the Penn Neurological Institute at Pennsylvania Hospital; the Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education & Clinical Center at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center (PADRECC); the Institute on Aging (IOA), and the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR).
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| Administrative Core | Neuropathology and Genetics Core |
| Clinical and Educational Core |
Director
Administrative Core
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Kathryn Jedrziewski, PhD | Administrator |
Clinical and Educational Core
Neuropathology and Genetics Core
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Vivianna Van Deerlin, MD, PhD | Core Co-Investigator |
| Benoit Giasson, PhD | Project Leader |
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Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD, MBA | Project Leader |
| Alice Chen Plotkin, MD | ||
| Dana Clay, MS, CGC | Certified Genetics Counselor |
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Elizabeth McCarty Wood, MS, CGC | Certified Genetics Counselor |
| Kunihiro Uryu, PhD |
Data Management and Biostatistics Core
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Young Baek |















