The Michael J. Fox Foundation Annual Report 2015 – Purpose. Partnership. Progress. | Page 5

An Update from the CEO and the Co-Founder:
Purpose, Partnership and Progress

TODD SHERER, PhD

DEBORAH W. BROOKS

Chief Executive Officer

Co-Founder and Executive
Vice President

Like the synapses and circuits that make up our
neurological function, Parkinson’s research is a
complex network. It relies on the interconnectivity,
shared purpose and partnership of funders,
academia, industry, clinicians and allied health
care providers, and those living with Parkinson’s
disease (PD).
The Michael J. Fox Foundation sits at the nexus
of these groups, working single-mindedly to
accelerate progress toward a cure on behalf of
the estimated five million individuals living with
Parkinson’s worldwide. (continued...)

2015 Annual Report

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