Shurer

CurePSP launches a new annual grant program to promote collaboration and to advance clinical care research

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Friday, January 20, 2023
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The goal of CARES is to improve the best practices in care for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).

Key Points: 
  • The goal of CARES is to improve the best practices in care for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).
  • "After visiting many of our CurePSP Centers of Care, I realized they all face different challenges and all have different approaches to address these challenges.
  • "This is part of the mission for the CurePSP Centers of Care program, and it's rewarding to create a new avenue for advancing CurePSP's three pillars: care, consciousness and cure."
  • The University of Pennsylvania and the University of California San Diego will focus on end-of-life care preferences among diverse patients.

CurePSP Expands Specialized Care Network for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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Current figures for these neurodegenerative diseases are likely underestimated, as many people are misdiagnosed with another condition, such as the more common Parkinson's disease.

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  • Current figures for these neurodegenerative diseases are likely underestimated, as many people are misdiagnosed with another condition, such as the more common Parkinson's disease.
  • Centers must demonstrate comprehensive care, collaboration with CurePSP and the Center of Care network, community education and outreach, professional education and connection to research.
  • Dr. Chauncey Spears of the University of Michigan views joining the CurePSP Center of Care network as a natural step in the process of improving person-centered care.
  • CurePSP is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the awareness, care and cure for three neurodegenerative diseases: progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).

CurePSP appoints former UNC Movement Disorders Center coordinator to its top programs position

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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She was previously the center coordinator at the Movement Disorders Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Key Points: 
  • She was previously the center coordinator at the Movement Disorders Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • In her position, she will be able to greatly expand our impact and effectiveness in education, treatment, and support services."
  • Shurer received her Master of Social Work degree from UNC and a BA degree in psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
  • In her position at UNC since 2012, she was a program coordinator and a clinical social worker for UNC's Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence and its CurePSP Center of Care where she became deeply involved in the care and treatment of PSP, CBD, and MSA patients.