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Murray, Thanks for doing all this research . You are correct - there are currently 11 Udall Parkinson's Research Centers funded by the NIH. Carol Walton, of the Parkinson's Alliance verified this just yesterday . The Udall Act originally called for 10 centers, but fudning was made available for one more. The history of how this funding came about, and how advocacy by a united Parkinson's Community got us to the point we are at today, is really ffascinating and inspiring --someeone should write a book... In terms of applying the research to patient care, the news Judith posted about the Michigan Parkinson Initiative is very exciting as well. Along with the Booth Gardner Parkinson's Care Center, founded by Bill Bell's Northwest Parkinson's Foundation these sound like great models for what quality care for PWP should be all about. I would like not to have PD, of course, but I think it is an honor to be a part of the Parkinson's Community. Linda