California

PAN is currently looking for volunteers in California!  If you’re interested in learning more about PAN and joining our expansive network of dedicated and determined grassroots advocates around the country, we invite you to become an Assistant State Director at http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/train.  If you’re interested in getting involved or have any questions, please email us at advocate@parkinsonsaction.org!

Assistant State Directors

Parkinson’s Disease-Related Federal Funding in California

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Non American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Non-ARRA)
•    University of California San Francisco
•    University of California Los Angeles
•    California Institute of Technology
•    University of California Berkeley
•    Long Beach Memorial medical Center
•    University of California San Diego
•    University of Southern California
•    Parkinson’s Institute
•    Scripps Research Institute
•    SRI International
•    Buck Institute for Age Research
•    J. David Gladstone Institutes
•    Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
•    Huntington Medical Research Institutes
•    California State University Los Angeles
•    Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
•    Stanford University

Total Non-ARRA funding $20,284,111

Actual ARRA
•    University of California Davis
•    Astraea Therapeutics, LLC
•    Red Hill Studios
•    SRI International
•    Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
•    University of California Los Angeles

Total ARRA funding $1,741,667

Department of Veterans Affairs Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECC) and Consortium Sites
•    Southwest PADRECC in Los Angeles, CA
•    San Francisco PADRECC in San Francisco, CA
•    Martinez Outpatient Clinic and Center for rehabilitation & Extended Care in Martinez, CA
•    VA Central California Healthcare System in Fresno, CA
•    VA Long Beach Healthcare System in Long Beach, CA
•    VA San Diego Healthcare System in San Diego, CA
•    VA Loma Linda Healthcare System in Loma Linda, CA
•    VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, CA

Department of Defense (DoD)
Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's Research (NETPR) program grantees:
•    Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Organochlorines & PD Risk: A Case-Control Study in Alaska Natives in Sunnyvale, CA
•    California Parkinson’s Disease Registry Pilot Project – Coordination Center and Northern California Ascertainment in Sunnyvale, CA
•    Validating Diagnostic and Screening Procedures for Pre-motor Parkinson's disease in Sunnyvale, CA
•    Understanding Gene Expression Changes in a Mutant LRRK2 Background in Sunnyvale, CA
•    Developing Improved Patient-specific Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Lines from Patients with Parkinson's disease in Sunnyvale, CA
•    Military Service and Parkinson's Disease in Menlo Park, CA