A Parkinson’s diagnosis can raise big questions in a family: Was there a genetic link that contributed to developing the disease? How should other family members think about their risk? Should people get genetic testing?
In audio from this month’s MJFF Parkinson’s Webinar, our panel of experts discusses what genetics can tell us about Parkinson’s risk, what to consider around genetic testing, and how studying genetics is helping researchers develop better treatments for everyone living with the disease.
In this episode, MJFF Patient Council Member Soania Mathur, MD, a retired family physician, writer and advocate who was diagnosed with PD in 1998, leads a conversation with:
- Aditya Boddu, MD, a movement disorders neurologist and assistant professor of neurology at Yale University. He was an Edmond J. Safra fellow class of 2022, a program which aims to increase the number of movement disorder specialists all over the world. He also has a research interest in Parkinson’s genetics.
- Bradford Casey, PhD, a senior scientific portfolio manager at MJFF. He works to foster the Foundation’s research into genetics.
- Susan Small, who was diagnosed with PD in 2008 and carries an LRRK2 genetic variant. She lives in California and is involved with Sailing 4 Parkinson’s, a regatta that raises funds for research.
View a transcript of this podcast.
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