Peer-Reviewed Publication
medRxiv2026August 28, 2026Journal Article

PD GENEration: An International Parkinson's Disease Genetic Research Study.

Kamalini Ghosh Galvelis1, Allison A Dilliott1, Megan Dini1, Rebeca De León1, Max Thom1, Ignacio Azcarate1, Nicola Bothwick1, Lark Caboy1, Anny Coral-Zambrano1, Kirby Doshier1, Megan Finke1, Melissa Nicewaner1, Sarah Osborne1, Joshua Ruffner1, Addison Yake1, Adolfo Diaz1, Tatiana Foroud2, Anne Hall1, Laura Heathers2, Sarah Woody Lawrence3, Karen Marder4, Ignacio Mata5, Niccolò E Mencacci6, Anna Naito1, Martha Nance7, John Poma1, Ruth B Schneider8, Michael A Schwarzschild9, Tanya Simuni6, Jennifer Verbrugge2, Anne-Marie Wills9, Yun Lu3, Harry Gao10, Ben Casavant11, Cornelis Blauwendraat12,13, Andrew B Singleton13, James C Beck1, Roy N Alcalay4,14,
1Parkinson's Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
2Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
3Navitas Clinical Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
4Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
5Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
6Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
7Park Nicollet Struthers Parkinson's Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
8University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
9Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
10Fulgent Genetics, El Monte, CA, USA.
11Tasso Inc, Seattle, WA, USA.
12Coalition of Aligning Science (CAS), Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
13Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2), Chevy Chase, MD, USA.
14Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: PD GENEration (NCT04057794, NCT04994015), sponsored by the Parkinson's Foundation in partnership with Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) through the Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2), is an international, observational, clinical research study that offers genetic testing and counseling to people living with Parkinson's disease (PwP) at no financial cost. PD GENEration h…

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