Facts: - website: -lsb- http://www.park1place.wordpress.com lazzarini 's blog -rsb- - known for: parkinson 's disease research - caption: alice lazzarini 1990 - fields: geneticist - workplaces: robert wood johnson medical school - name: alice lazzarini - image: lazzarini 1992.png Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alice lazzarini .
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alice m. lazzarini is a scientist , author and researcher on neurogenetic disorders , including huntington 's disease and parkinson 's disease .she is an assistant professor of neurology at rutgers robert wood johnson medical school -lrb- rwjms , previously known as university of medicine and dentistry of new jersey or umdnj -rrb- , where her work helped establish the genetic basis of parkinson 's .later in life , she was diagnosed with parkinson 's -- the very disease she had spent decades researching .