The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders aims to grow the global base of movement disorder specialists — neurologists with additional training in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders — by training movement disorder clinician-researchers who can provide expert care and lead scientific advances.
As the demand for movement disorder specialists increases, not enough neurologists are receiving vital training in Parkinson’s and related conditions. To address this need, The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF), in collaboration with longtime partner the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, launched The Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. The program annually funds academic centers to train a new movement disorder clinician-researcher over a two-year period and is growing an international, collaborative network of next-generation leaders in Parkinson’s research and care.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Proactively fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in human studies and the provision of care is a critical aspect of helping patients live well with disease — and accelerating the development of better treatments that will benefit everyone. Training fellows to seek diversity in their study and care populations (to more closely reflect the overall population) and to serve underrepresented individuals and communities is fundamental to the mission of The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Diversity may refer to race, ethnicity, gender, age, abilities/disabilities, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, geographic region, disease experience and more. Centers applying for Edmond J. Safra Fellowship funding are requested to include information on their existing training programs and/or future plans for continuing this effort. (Examples may include, but are not limited to, clinical rotations with underserved populations, education in health care disparities and implicit bias in medical care, or training in diversifying research populations.) The purpose is to identify centers with the leadership and skills to engage in activities that would enhance the ability of the Edmond J. Safra Fellow to advance equitable access and diversity in research, education, health promotion and clinical care services.
