Tag: Joel Perlmutter

Grant supports PET scans to track inflammation in Parkinson’s disease

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting a WashU Medicine effort to track neuroinflammation in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease. The five-year $3 million grant will allow co-principal investigators Zhude (Will) Tu, PhD, a professor of radiology, and Joel S. Perlmutter, MD, a professor of neurology and of radiology, to use radiotracers to track […]

Jansky/Bander Family Fund supports movement disorders fellowships, brain bank

The Jansky/Bander Family Fund, a generous commitment of $1.1 million over five years, has been established to advance critical initiatives within the Section of Movement Disorders in the Department of Neurology at WashU Medicine. This significant financial contribution is earmarked for two primary functions under the direction of Joel S. Perlmutter, MD: funding fellowships and supporting […]