Morris K. Udall

Morris K. Udall Parkinson Disease Research Center of Excellence

The Morris K. Udall Parkinson Disease Research Center of Excellence Program was established by the 1998 passage of Senate Bill 535. The program was established in honor of the late Arizona congressman, who fought a long battle with Parkinson disease.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) funds the program and provided a total of $73 million to date, to thirteen universities studying Parkinson disease. In 1999, a team of researchers led by Dr. Jeffery M. Vance received one, of the then eleven (currently thirteen centers) Parkinson Disease Research Centers of Excellence awards. An additional five years of funding was awarded in 2004 by NIH peer-review (NINDS). The HIHG Parkinson research team utilizes state-of-the-art methods in its search to find the genes that may contribute to the cause of Parkinson disease.

Links:  University of Miami Morris K. Udall Parkinson Disease Research Center of Excellence