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Q&A: Researcher Jarrett Zigon Says There’s a Better Response to the Opioid Crisis

The bioethicist and anthropologist believes community-building tactics – like those used in Canada and Europe – can help opioid users in the U.S.
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Stilling Parkinson's Tremors

Private support from benefactors has helped speed clinical trials, including Jeffrey Elias’s focused ultrasound trials for essential tremors.
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UVA’s Brain Institute Focuses on Alzheimer’s, Autism, Addiction and Injury

An institute founded as part of the University’s Cornerstone Plan brings together faculty from a range of disciplines to tackle complex problems involving the brain.
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Researcher Seeks to Unravel the Brain’s Genetic Tapestry to Tackle Rare Disorder

The Bow Foundation has helped support Mike McConnell’s genetic epilepsy research.
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New Hope for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

John Mitchell’s clinical research endowment in his wife’s name supported Jeffrey Elias and Binit Shah’s highly selective drug therapies for Parkinson’s disease research.
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