Dr. Judit Marsillach (second from right) traveled to Washington DC to explain the value of federal funding for research.
On March 4th, Dr. Judit Marsillach, an investigator on project 3, joined with more than 50 Parkinson’s researchers and medical professionals in Washington D.C. for The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Researcher Hill Day. As the only researcher from Washington State, Dr. Marsillach partnered with a group of four scientists from Massachusetts to meet with staff of six members of Congress, including Representative Pramila Jayapal and Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray from Washington State.
Dr. Marsillach and other researchers explained the importance of federal funding for research in support of the Michael J. Fox Foundation's goal to increase budgets for the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense Parkinson's Research Program.
More than 50 researchers from 28 states participated in 96 meetings as part of the event, which is in its second year.