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Dr. Jack Lipton (seated center) and Drs. Timothy Collier and Caryl Sortwell will lead Parkinsons research at Van Andel Institute (courtesy: University of Cincinnati, Oct. 14, 2009)

Inside a lab at Van Andel Institute, March 2009

Rich and Helen DeVos (file photo)

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Parkinsons research coming to VAI

$6.2 million grant awarded

Updated: Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009, 6:38 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 14 Oct 2009, 11:26 AM EDT

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Research into Parkinson's Disease will be conducted in Grand Rapids after researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Cincinnati were awarded a $6.2 million grant.

    The Morris K. Udall Center for Excellence for Parkinsons Disease grant came through the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Two MSU researchers will share the grant with investigators from U-Cincinnati.

    The director of the center, Dr. Timothy Collier, will join the researchers at the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids next summer. He'll be joined by Cincinnati's Dr. Kathy Steece-Collier, and they'll work with MSU's Dr. Jack Lipton and Dr. Caryl Sortwell. All are Ph.Ds.

    The announcement was made as part of the College of Human Medicines 2009 Gala celebration, which honored philanthropists Richard and Helen DeVos as Pillars of Medicine.

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