About the Author
Todd Sherer, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research. Trained as a neuroscientist, he is responsible for the Foundation’s overall scientific and fundraising direction to speed treatment breakthroughs and a cure for Parkinson’s disease. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Emory University investigating the role of environmental factors in Parkinson’s, Todd joined the Foundation’s staff in 2004 and was named Chief Executive Officer in 2011.