Kenneth Marek, MD

Ken is Distinguished Scientist at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders (IND). He serves as a special scientific advisor to The Michael J. Fox Foundation. He has served in leadership roles in several organizations focused on neurodegenerative disorders and has been the recipient of numerous grants to support his work in Parkinson disease, Alzheimer Disease and Huntington disease. He has been awarded the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and was trained at the Institute for Neurology, London and Johns Hopkins University in neuroscience and neurology. He was a co-founder of IND and Molecular NeuroImaging, LLC.