Media Advisory: UB Researcher, Physician to Discuss Parkinson's Disease

BUFFALO, N. Y. -- Faculty in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will discuss "New Directions in Parkinson's Research" on Oct. 19 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Screening Room on the UB North Campus.

Registration for this free, public event is now at capacity.

In a talk entitled "Finding a Cure for Parkinson's Disease," Jian Feng, PhD, UB professor of physiology and biophysics, will discuss his research using stem cells to find the causes and a cure for Parkinson's disease.

Feng's presentation will be followed by a talk by Thomas J. Guttuso, MD, UB assistant professor of neurology, and director of the Jacobs Neurological Institute's Movement Disorders Clinic. Guttuso will discuss the most promising treatments and strategies for Parkinson's disease patients.

A brief question-and-answer period will follow.

"New Directions in Parkinson's Research" is sponsored by the UB Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and the UB Vice President for Health Sciences.

The talk precedes the Distinguished Speaker Series lecture at 8 p.m. by Michael J. Fox, the popular author, actor and advocate for Parkinson's disease research; through his Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, he has advocated for stem cell research and raised both public awareness of the disease and more than $251 million in research funding. Feng's research at UB is funded, in part, by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

For press arrangements, please contact Ellen Goldbaum in the UB Office of University Communcations, at 645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu and 771-9255 on-site.