Working Group Participant

Alyssa O’Grady, BA

Michael J. Fox Foundation

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. She is also the co-lead of the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). Alyssa graduated from Harvard University in 2014 with a BA in chemistry.