Webinars and Webcasts of Interest for Parkinson's Disease

For PwPs, Caregivers and Families:
You might be like to attend these online events

Drug Development Pipeline on Thursday, June 24th, 2010

2:00 pm to 4:30 pm EST

Direct from the Campus of Georgetown University, Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) is hosting "Emerging Therapies: From Microscope to Marketplace" featuring a panel of speakers from the scientific community. Each will address a different stage in the drug development pipeline process.

Howard Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.: Executive Vice President for Health Sciences and Executive Dean of the School of Medicine at Georgetown University will moderate.

The panel:

James P. Bennett, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.: Chair, Department of Neurology and Founding Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Multidisciplinary Research and Clinical Center

Story C. Landis, Ph.D.: Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Raymond T. Bartus, Ph.D.: Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Ceregene, Inc.

Jackie Hunt Christensen: PAN Minnesota State Coordinator and Clinical Trial Participant

Janet Woodcock, M.D.: Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration

Registration is not required. On the day of the Webcast, simply visit the PAN home page and tune into the Webcast from your home or office computer.
For more information on the Webcast, please e-mail PAN

Registration is not required. On the day of the Webcast, simply visit the PAN home page and tune into the Webcast from your home or office computer.

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From AARP on the same day, Thursday, June 24, 2010

"The New Health Care Law: What It Means for People with Medicare"

Times are:

2:00pm -3:00pm EST

1:00-2:00 pm CST

12:00 pm-1:00 pm MST

11:00 am -12:00 pm PST

To register at AARP for this event, click here

There will be a Question and Answer period with AARP experts

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