VCU Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Center

Leslie J. Cloud, M.D. is seeking volunteers for her research study evaluating whether a new drug will improve digestion and response to levodopa for those with Parkinson’s Disease. Individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) often have slowed stomach emptying, which negatively impacts absorption of levodopa (the mainstay of medical therapy for PD). Currently, there are no [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center abstracts accepted for presentation at World Parkinson Congress 2013 Sarah Lageman, PhD and Andrea Perseghin, MEd of the VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center (PMDC) will present their work at the World Parkinson Congress 2013. Dr. Lageman will present three abstracts highlighting her research projects: “Initial Results of a [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center researchers are developing a pilot program based on movement disorders community perspectives. Therese Verkerke Cash, a psychology doctoral student mentored by Dr. Sarah Lageman is developing a coping skills program that is expected to be available in early fall 2013.  This program is being developed based on the results [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center researchers investigating living well with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Sarah Lageman and Andrea Garroway, M.S., a VCU doctoral psychology student, are conducting a survey investigating how people are able to live well with Parkinson’s disease.  The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of how people’s resilience [...]

Dr. Leslie Cloud, neurologist and researcher with the VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center is conducting a study to learn about gastrointestinal problems in Parkinson’s. Gastrointestinal problems are frequently reported by people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), but these problems have not been well studied and there are not many effective treatments.  The purpose of this [...]

Researchers at VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center seek volunteers for clinical research studies Clinical research is integral to advance our understanding of Parkinson’s and movement disorders.  Researchers at VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center rely on volunteers to partner in the quest to learn more about these diseases. By volunteering to participate in clinical [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center neurologists participating in  research to learn more about dystonia Dystonia is a disorder involving excessive involuntary contraction of muscles with repetitive and patterned movements.  Researchers want to learn more about the causes of dystonia and how the symptoms of the disorder may progress over time.  To be eligible to [...]

Claudia Testa, MD, PhD, a neurologist and researcher with the VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center is now recruiting participants for a study examining the biology of essential tremor. Essential tremor (ET), sometimes referred to as benign essential tremor, is a common movement disorder that causes rhythmic tremors or shaking.  It can affect a person’s [...]

VCU Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center researchers are conducting a research study to investigate how people are able to live well with Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Sarah Lageman and Andrea Garroway, M.S., a doctoral student in the VCU Department of Psychology are conducting this survey project, with a goal to better understand how people’s resilience and [...]

Dr. Leslie Cloud has been awarded grant funding from VCU Center for Clinical Translational Research Endowment Fund for her study titled “Erythromycin in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study of its effects on levodopa pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.” Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) often have slowed stomach emptying, which negatively impacts absorption of levodopa (the mainstay of [...]