Steering Committee
GP2 is a five-year study led by Andrew Singleton, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health and an international team of scientists and researchers.
Members of the steering committee include:
Lead Monogenic Data Analysis
Peter Heutink, PhD
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases | Germany
Lead Complex Disease Cohort Integration
Huw Morris, FRCP, PhD
University College London | United Kingdom
Lead Training, Networking, and Communication
Alastair Noyce, MRCP, PhD
Queen Mary University of London | United Kingdom
GP2 Friends
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today.
A repository of information and links related to the work of the International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium.
PD GENEration: Mapping the Future of Parkinson’s Disease, is a first-of-its-kind national initiative that offers free genetic testing for clinically relevant Parkinson’s-related genes and free genetic counseling to help participants better understand their results.
A multicenter collaboration across Africa in an effort to increase the knowledge about PD and PD genetics in the region.
A multicenter collaboration across Latin America in an effort to increase the knowledge about PD and PD genetics in the region.
A multicenter collaboration across East Asia in an effort to increase the knowledge about PD and PD genetics in the region.
The Genetic Architecture of Parkinson’s disease in the Indian population (GAP-India) is a multicenter collaboration to increase knowledge about PD in India.
The Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson’s disease (GEoPD) Consortium is a global consortium of researchers dedicated to promoting education, scientific research, and translational development in PD since its establishment in 2004.
Working Group Members
Cornelis Blauwendraat, PhD
National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease Network
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Christine Klein, MD, FEAN
University of Luebeck | Germany
Kishore Raj Kumar, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
University of Sydney | Australia
Peter Heutink, PhD
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases | Germany
Member of:
Monogenic Hub
Monogenic – Data Analysis
Underrepresented Populations
Shen-Yang Lim, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FASc
Univeristy of Malaya | Malaysia
Enza Maria Valente, MD, PhD
University of Pavia | Italy
Eva-Juliane Vollstedt, MD
University of Luebeck | Germany
Zih-Hua Fang, PhD
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases | Germany
Member of:
Monogenic Hub
Monogenic – Data Analysis
Julie Hunter, BSc
ANZAC Research Institute | Australia
Hirotaka Iwaki, MD, PhD
Data Technica International / National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Cohort Integration
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Underrepresented Populations
Alejandro Martinez Carrasco, MSc
University College London | UK
Member of:
Complex Disease – Cohort Integration
Training, Networking and Communication
Hampton Leonard, MS
Data Tecnica International / National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Training, Networking, and Communication
Sara Bandres-Ciga, PharmD, PhD
National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Underrepresented Populations
Training, Networking, and Communication
Ignacio Fernandez Mata, PhD
Cleveland Clinic | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Underrepresented Populations
Jeff J. Kim, BA
National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Data and Code Dissemination
Faraz Faghri, PhD
Data Tecnica International / National Institutes of Health | USA
Member of:
Complex Disease – Data Analysis
Artur Francisco Schumacher Schuh, MD, PhD
Latin America Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil
Member of:
Underrepresented Populations
Rejko Kruger, MD
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine | Luxembourg
Member of:
Underrepresented Populations
Alastair Noyce, MRCP, PhD
Queen Mary University of London | UK
Member of:
Underrepresented Populations
Training, Networking, and Communication
Benjamin Stecher
Patient advocate and author | Canada
Member of:
Training, Networking, and Communication
