John Q. Trojanowski, M.D., Ph.D., and Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., study neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, for which both have received numerous awards. Its goal will be the development of new tests for an early diagnosis for the disease.
Sophisticated research costs more and takes longer.
Trojanowski served as chair of the Reagan Institute's working group on diagnostic criteria for the neurological assessment of Alzheimer's. Lee received a 1991 Zenith Award from the association. Both scientists are members of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of the association's Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter. Alzheimer's is a debilitating disease which, when it strikes its victims, robs them of the very core of their being. Dr. Lee and I are committed to continuing our research in the hopes of realizing a cure in the near future.