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Overcoming Challenges to Black and African American Representation in Parkinson’s Research

August 24, 2021

Training and Networking Working Group

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Recently, GP2 launched a landmark initiative: the Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease (BLAAC PD) study. This pioneering research project, described in a previous post, is designed to understand genetic contributions to Parkinson’s disease (PD) risk in Black and African American individuals.

Training and Networking Working Group

The Training and Networking working group promotes training and networking throughout the GP2 project.
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