Location: 6001 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852 / Zoom

Despite substantial public and private interest in developing therapeutics for the Parkinson’s disease (PD) community, there persists separation between disease understanding and development of drugs to target these processes in Parkinson’s patients. The NINDS is convening a hybrid workshop with the overarching goal to (1) delineate what the crucial elements of those gaps are and (2) determine how to close those gaps as a community of stakeholders, including academic researchers, industry partners, non-profit organizations, and people with lived experience of Parkinson’s Disease.
This workshop is co-chaired by Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD, Parker Family Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and William Martin, PhD, Global Therapeutic Area Head, Neuroscience at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.
For further information, please contact Neel Dhruv neel.dhruv@nih.gov
Agenda
View a list of resources and articles for attendees(pdf, 185 KB) from our speakers in support of this workshop.
Day 1 - April 23, 2024 (All times listed are Eastern)
Time | Presentation |
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9:00 AM | NINDS Welcome Walter J. Koroshetz, MD Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
9:10 AM | Engaging the Lived Experience Perspective on PD Therapeutics Rebekah Corlew, PhD Lived Experience Engagement Strategist, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
9:20 AM | Workshop Co-Chairs Welcome and Goals for the 2 Days Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD Parker Family Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Bill Martin, PhD Global Neuroscience Therapeutic Area Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine |
10:00 AM | Break (5 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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10:05 AM | Motor Heterogeneity in Parkinson’s Disease: Challenges to Therapeutic Developments Anthony Lang, MD, FRCPC Director, Edmond J Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease, University of Toronto |
10:20 AM | Heterogeneity of Non-Motor Symptoms across Lewy Body Diseases Kathleen Poston, MD, MS, Edward F. and Irene Thiele Pimley Professor in Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Director, Stanford Movement Disorders Center, Stanford University |
10:35 AM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
11:05 AM | Break (10 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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11:15 AM | Evolving Arcs toward Disease-Modifying Therapy for Parkinson’s Michael Schwarzschild, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
11:30 AM | Targeting LRRK2: Why, Who, Where and When Mark R. Cookson, PhD National Institute on Aging |
11:45 AM | An Industry Perspective on Target Validation For Neurologic Diseases David Stone, PhD VP, Head of Genetics and Target Identification, Cerevel Therapeutics, LLC |
12:00 PM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
12:30 PM | Lunch (60 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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1:30 PM | Teeing Up a Discussion about Appropriate Tools to Enable Therapeutics Development Patrik Brundin, MD, PhD Distinguished Scientist/Therapeutic Area Leader for Movement Disorders, Roche |
1:45 PM | Preclinical Tools to Advance Parkinson Disease Therapeutics: What They Can and Cannot Do Laura Volpicelli-Daley, PhD Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham |
2:00 PM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
2:30 PM | Break (10 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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2:40 PM | AI-Enabled Biomarkers: A Window into Parkinson’s Progression, Detection, and Treatment Response Dina Katabi, PhD Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2:55 PM | Identification of Proteomic Targets and Biomarkers: The Mapping Proteomics to Parkinson’s Disease Project (MAP2PD) Laura Winchester, DPhil Research Fellow, University of Oxford |
3:10 PM | Understanding Biomarker Parameters to Enable Clinical Trials in Parkinson’s Disease Danielle Graham, PhD Head of Fluid Biomarkers and Bioanalysis, Biogen |
3:25 PM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
3:55 PM | Break (15 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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4:10 PM | Parallel Breakout Session What is missing that is holding back therapeutics development? |
4:55 PM | Break (5 minutes) |
5:00 PM | Day 1 Wrap-up |
5:10 PM | Adjourn for the day |
Day 2 - April 24, 2024 (All times listed are Eastern)
Time | Presentation |
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8:45 AM | Workshop Co-Chairs Welcome Alice Chen-Plotkin, MD Parker Family Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Bill Martin, PhD Global Neuroscience Therapeutic Area Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine |
8:55 AM | Reports from Breakout Sessions and Q & A Breakout Reports by the breakout session leaders followed by general discussion. |
10:00 AM | Break (10 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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10:10 AM | Disease-Modifying Therapies: Lessons from Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development Jeffrey Cummings, MD, ScD Director, Chambers-Grundy Center for Transformative Neuroscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, School of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Brain Health |
10:25 AM | RNA-Target Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disease Timothy M. Miller, MD, PhD David Clayson Professor of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine |
10:40 AM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
11:10 AM | Break (10 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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11:20 AM | Addressing the Academia-Industry Gap to Advance Discoveries to the Clinic Opher Kornfeld, PhD Director, Translational Research and Development, SPARK NS |
11:35 AM | LRRK2 Inhibitors: From Basic Biology to the Clinic Anastasia Henry, PhD Director and Principal Scientist, Denali Therapeutics |
11:50 AM | Opportunities and Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Development using the Example of the SCD Inhibitor YTX-7739 Fiona Elwood, PhD VP, Disease Area Leader Neurodegeneration, Neuroscience, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine |
12:05 PM | Q & A Discussion (30 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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12:35 PM | Day 2 Wrap-up |
12:45 PM | Adjourn / Lunch (75 minutes) |
Time | Presentation |
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2:00 PM | Parallel breakout sessions
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3:00 PM | Adjourn |
Speaker Bios
Post Event Summary
Roundtable Executive Summaries
- Industry Roundtable(pdf, 146 KB)
- Nonprofit Roundtable(pdf, 146 KB)
- Academia Roundtable(pdf, 193 KB)