Foundation News
Sohini
Chowdhury
Promoted to
Deputy Chief
Executive Officer
by EMILY MURPHY
In April, The Michael J. Fox Foundation
(MJFF) announced the promotion of Sohini
Chowdhury to deputy chief executive
officer. Throughout her 12-year career at the
Foundation, including in her previous role as
senior vice president of research partnerships,
Sohini has been instrumental in driving the
Foundation’s groundbreaking alliances with
key Parkinson’s research stakeholders for the
benefit of the estimated five million people
worldwide living with Parkinson’s disease.
As part of building and leading the
Foundation’s formal industry strategy, she
has developed fruitful relationships with
pharmaceutical and biotech firms as research
partners and as sponsors of the MJFF’s
scientific and educational programs. She also
established MJFF’s Research Partnerships
team, which now encompasses the
Foundation’s strategy for engaging industry
collaborations, as well as the Foundation’s
landmark Parkinson’s Progression Markers
Initiative study seeking PD biomarkers, clinical
trial-matching tool Fox Trial Finder and the
online longitudinal research study Fox Insight.
(Read more about these initiatives on page 7
and our cover story, respectively.)
As deputy chief executive officer,
Sohini will continue to spearhead
these important research networks while
providing broader organizational oversight
alongside MJFF CEO Todd Sherer, PhD, and
Co-Founder and Executive Vice Chairman
Debi Brooks.
YOUR LEGACY CAN BE A WORLD
WITHOUT PARKINSON’S DISEASE
By including The Michael J. Fox Foundation
in your estate plans, you will help advance
life-changing treatments and a cure for
Parkinson’s, while providing financial
security to you and your loved ones.
SPEED A
CURE
Learn more about planned giving benefits
and options, including wills, IRAs and other
retirement accounts and charitable annuities
at michaeljfox.org/plannedgiving.
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Fall/Winter 2017