JOIN A WORKING GROUP

The PSG has a well-developed research infrastructure and wide interdisciplinary membership across many institutions with diverse geographic locations and scientific strengths. Thus, the PSG, is uniquely poised to advance clinical research and a pivotal part of that is our working groups. The PSG has eight working groups with different areas of specialization in PD, which are listed below. If you are interested in becoming a member, please email the working group Chair & Co-Chair(s) via the links below.

Biomarkers Working Group

Liana Rosenthal, Chair  liana.rosenthal@jhmi.edu

Paul Tuite, Co-Chair  tuite002@umn.edu

Jamie Adams, Co-Chair  Jamie.adams@chet.rochester.edu

Motor Features Working Group

Tiago Mestre, Chair  tmestre@toh.ca

Zoltan Mari, Co-Chair  mariz@ccf.org

Cognitive/Psychiatric Working Group

Gregory Pontone, Chair  gponton1@jhmi.edu

Kelly Mills, Co-Chair  kmills16@jhmi.edu

Roseanne Dobkin, Co-Chair  Roseanne.dobkin@rutgers.edu

Functional Neurosurgical Working Group

Joohi Jimenez-Shahed, Chair  joohi.jimenez-shahed@mountsinai.org

Mustafa Siddiqui, Co-Chair  mssiddiq@wakehealth.edu

James McInerney, Co-Chair 

Genetics & Environmental Risk Factors Working Group

Martha Nance, Chair  martha.nance@parknicollet.com

Roy Alcalay, Co-Chair  rna2104@cumc.columbia.edu

Thomas Tropea, Co-Chair  Thomas.tropea@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Health/Care Outcomes & Disparities Working Group

Allison Willis, Chair  Allison.willis2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Pinky Agarwal, Co-Chair  pagarwal@evergreenhealthcare.org

Other Non-Motor Features of PD Working Group

Leslie Cloud, Chair  leslie.cloud@vcuhealth.org

David Shprecher, Co-Chair  David.shprecher@bannerhealth.com

Natividad Stover, Co-Chair  npstover@uab.edu

Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders Working Group

Anne-Marie Wills, Chair  awill@mgh.harvard.edu

Irene Litvan, Co-Chair  ilitvan@health.ucsd.edu

Alexander Pantelyat, Co-Chair  apantel1@jhmi.edu