Movement Disorder Fellowship – Provided a monthly stipend to a physician for a Fellowship in Movement Disorders in London. He returned to Alabama as the first Movement Disorder Specialist.

Caldwell Lab at University of Alabama – Research interns were funded to facilitate research at The Caldwell Lab – Home of the “Worm Shack” at the University of Alabama that is producing cutting edge Parkinson’s research.

UAB-HudsonAlpha Partner to Examine Parkinson’s Genes – How do you glean important new information about Parkinson disease? According to Huntsville philanthropist John Jurenko, one way is to put Alabama’s top biomedical investigators on the task. Read More

PD Research Appropriation – Received an annual appropriation from the Alabama state legislature for Parkinson’s disease research and treatment at UAB.

Collaboration with Mississippi – Assisted Mississippi is establishing an APDA Information and Referral Center.

Young Onset Parkinson’s Support Group – PAA helped set up and provided financial assistance for the first Young Onset Parkinson’s Support Group in Alabama.

$750,000 Research Commitment to UAB – PAA pledged $100,000 annually to UAB for seven years for procurement of a research chair and for the completion of a new research center. For this commitment, the new research center was named The Parkinson Association of Alabama, Inc. Parkinson’s Disease Research Laboratory.

UAB Basic Science (MD/PhD) Researcher – Encouraged UAB to employ its first basic science (MD/PhD) researcher for Parkinson’s disease.