Power Over Parkinson's

In our latest installment of POP Profiles, Power Over Parkinson’s President, Margaret Preston, sat down with Dr. George Ackerman, founder of Together for Sharon, a grassroots Parkinson’s awareness initiative dedicated to honoring his late mother, Sharon Riff Ackerman. The conversation explored Dr. Ackerman’s deeply personal journey—from his mother’s Parkinson’s diagnosis to his mission to educate, connect, and empower families affected by the disease. He shared insights into how Together for ...

Dr. Annie Killoran, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry and the University of Iowa, joins us as we discuss why understanding Parkinson’s Disease stages is helpful for both clinicians and patients. We cover how staging the disease can better help in identifying and delivering targeted therapies as well as how it can aide in the acceptance of the disease and its many and varied characteristics. Dr. Killoran also takes us through general treatment options, touches on current...

Dr. Rachel Dolhun, Chief Medical Advisor of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, joins us as we breakdown an array of Parkinson’s topics including exercise, disease management and therapeutics, and current research and development. She offers simple strategies and clear takeaways that will equip viewers with an actionable plan as they work with their own neurologists in managing PD. Support the show

Dr. Sule Tinaz, Associate Professor of Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine in the Movement Disorders Division and Clinical Neurosciences Imaging Center, joins us to talk, you guessed it, exercise! We can never hear too much information and advocacy on exercise. Why? Because it’s the only known intervention that is known to alleviate the symptoms and slow the progression of the disease. Dr. Tinaz’s research is focused on developing personalized therapies that people can use to cope with t...

Allie Signorelli, Parkinson’s Advocate and person with young onset Parkinson’s (YOPD), shares her journey to diagnosis and how she’s positively impacting the Parkinson’s community at a national level. Allie is lending her voice through advocacy and harnessing her career experience, particularly in fundraising and event management, to serve our community and aid in research that’s related to both therapeutics as well as the cure that we are all hoping for! Allie is an inspiration to us all and...