Alyssa O’Grady, BA

Alyssa joined The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) in 2015. As senior associate director, research cohorts, Alyssa supports operations, recruitment, and retention for the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), MJFF’s flagship natural history study. At MJFF, she also supports the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). Alyssa graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a BA in chemistry.