Connecticut

PAN is currently looking for volunteers in Connecticut!  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!

State Director

John Zakarian
Wethersfield, CT
jjzakarian@gmail.com
860-529-9793

 

Assistant State Directors

Steven DeWitte
New Preston, CT
sdkeepthefaith@gmail.com

Donald Feliciano
Orange, CT
donf@optonline.net

Parkinson’s Disease-Related Federal Funding in Connecticut

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Non American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Non-ARRA)
•    Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
•    Yale University

Total Non-ARRA funding $880,253

Actual ARRA
•    There are no ARRA NIH funded Parkinson’s disease grants in Connecticut.

Department of Veterans Affairs Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECC) and Consortium Sites
•    VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus in West Haven, CT

Department of Defense (DoD)
Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Parkinson's Research (NETPR) program grantees:
•    Longitudinal Assessment of an at Risk Parkinson Disease Cohort (Longitudinal PARS) in New Haven, CT
•    Identification of Cell-type Specific Post-translational Modifications and Synaptic Protein Expression Involved in Parkinson's Disease and PD-related Depression in New Haven, CT