SECTION 3 : IMPACT
THE MICHAEL J . FOX FOUNDATION 2022 IN REVIEW
The State of Parkinson ’ s Research : Strong
On June 21 , 2022 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it would bestow its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award on Michael J . Fox in November in recognition of his work with The Michael J . Fox Foundation . An honor of this magnitude plays out before the eyes of millions . Yet Michael is quick to remind that this moment started with a single positive action in the face of a potentially devastating diagnosis . In 2000 , he launched a new research foundation dedicated to curing Parkinson ’ s — it was an act that would come to invigorate patients and families and ignite the imagination of research stakeholders worldwide .
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