Intake of Flavonoids and Flavonoid-Rich Foods and Mortality Risk Among Individuals With Parkinson Disease
A Prospective Cohort Study
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- Received July 16, 2021
- Accepted in final form December 21, 2021
- First Published January 26, 2022.
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Author Disclosures
- Xinyuan Zhang, BS,
- Samantha A. Molsberry, PhD,
- Tian-Shin Yeh, MD, PhD,
- Aedin Cassidy, PhD,
- Michael A. Schwarzschild, MD, PhD,
- Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH and
- Xiang Gao, MD, PhD
- Xinyuan Zhang, BS,
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Nutrition Journal, managing editor, 2019-present (2 years).
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- Samantha A. Molsberry, PhD,
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- Tian-Shin Yeh, MD, PhD,
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- Aedin Cassidy, PhD,
serve on grant review board for the United States Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) (with oversight from UDSDA)
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USHBC funding for biomarker analyses and statistical analyses
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- Michael A. Schwarzschild, MD, PhD,
(1) Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research SAB (New York, NY) [2017-2019] (2) Cure Parkinson's Trust foundation Linked Clinical Trials program SAB (London, UK) [∼2012- ] (3) Corticobasal Degeneration Solutions Foundation SAB (Stockholm, Sweden) (4) NINDS/Udall Center of the Brigham & Womens Hospital -- Internal Advisory Committee (Boston, MA) (5) Eli Lilly & Company (clinical trial DSMB service); 2018- (6) Prevail Therapeutics (clinical advisory board); 2018-2019 (7) Parkinson's Foundation (Genetics initiative advisory board); 2018- (8) X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism Clinical Center; 2018- (9) Denali Therapeutics (clinical advisory board); 2019 (10) Chase Therapeutics (clinical development advisory board, via PSG); 2019- 2020 (11) Partner Therapeutics, Inc. (clinical advisory board, via PSG) (12) NIH/NIA-funded TOPAZ trial SC via Sutter Health (13) NIH/NINDS-funded SPARX3 trial SC (14) STEPWISE trial SC via Farmer Family Foundation award (15) Bial Pharmaceuticals (via the Parkinson Study Group) (16) Biogen (via the Parkinson Study Group); 2021 -
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ÂDenali Therapeutics, seminar speaker (2019) All others are non-profit entities: ÂKrembil Conference (Toronto) lecture (2019) ÂWorld Parkinson Congress, travel/honorarium (2006,2010,2013,2016,2019) ÂParkinson Study Group symposium/meeting Âfor Cure Parkinson's Trust program SAB mtg. (Windsor, UK; Grand Rapids, MI) Âfor Cure Parkinson's Trust program SAB mtg. (Grand Rapids, MI); (travel)
Journal of Adenosine and Caffeine Research, Editorial advisory board (2018-) Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, Editorial advisory board (2018-)
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Massachusetts General Hospital (sole employer; non-profit)
(1) Harvard University (Parkinson's disease case reviews and epidemiology research); ∼2002-present (2) New Beta-Innovations, Inc (Hong Kong); 2016 (3) Eli Lilly & Company (clinical trial DSMB service); 2018- (4) Prevail Therapeutics, Inc (New York City); 2018-2019 (5) nQ Medical (Cambridge, MA); 2019 (6) Denali Therapeutics (Nice, France); 2019 (7) Chase Therapeutics (Washington, DC); 2019 (8) Biogen (virtual); 2021-December+
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ÂNIH R01 NS110879 (PI) 08/01/19  05/31/24 ÂNIH U01 NS107009 (a PI) 07/01/18 to 04/30/23 ÂNIH R01NS102735 (Co-Investigator [Xiqun Chen, PI]) 4/1/18 - 3/31/23 ÂNIH R13 NS111953 (PI) 04/01/19  03/31/22 ÂNIH U01 NS090259 (PI) 9/1/2015 to 6/30/2020 ÂNIH U13 NS103523 (PI) 07/01/17 - 06/30/18 ÂNIH R13 NS098746 (PI) 07/01/16 - 06/30/17 ÂDoD W81XWH-14-1-0131 (Collaborator [A. Ascherio, PI]) 05/15/14 - 05/14/15 ÂNIH R21 NS090246 (Co-Investigator [Xiqun Chen, PI]) 04/01/15 - 03/31/17 ÂNIH R01 (Collaborator [A. Ascherio, PI]) ÂNIH R13 NS090879 (PI) 09/22/14 - 08/31/15 ÂR21 NS084710 (dual PI: Schwarzschild) 7/1/13-6/30/15 NIH/NINDS ÂRole of urate in protecting mitochondrial function in the brain ÂK24 NS060991 (PI: Schwarzschild) 7/1/08-6/30/13 NIH/NINDS
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grant support via my institution (MGH) on projects for which I am the Principal Investigator: (1) Michael J. Fox Foundation/ASAP (2) Parkinson's Foundation (3) Farmer Family Foundation
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license fee distributions: (1) Adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice, via MGH (which receives payments from The Jackson Laboratory via licensing agreements); ∼2001-present (2) floxed urate oxidase mice, via MGH; 2020-
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- Alberto Ascherio, MD, DrPH and
University of Rochester - Scientific Advisory Board of NIH-funded study
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NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston IL, 2019. Honorarium for talk on neurodegenerative diseases. University of Oslo, Norway. Honorarium as PhD defense opponent.
1) Journal of Parkinson Disease, Editorial board
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NIH R01 NS073633; 2011-2017; Role: PI DoD W81XWH-14-1-0131; 2014-2019; Role: PI NIH R01 NS045893; 2013-2018; Role: PI NIH 1U01NS-90259; 2015-2020; Role: PI of subcontract NIH R01 NS089619-01A1; 2015-2020; Role: PI NIH R01 NS097723; 2016-2021; Role: Co-Investigator NIH R01 NS103891; 2018-2023; Role: PI CDMRP MS170116; 2018-2021; Role: PI
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ALS Association; 2019-2020; Role: PI
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- Xiang Gao, MD, PhD
Chair, Nutritional Epidemiology Research Interest Sections, American Society for Nutrition
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Serves on the editorial boards of Advances in Nutrition and Journals of Human Genetics.
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Dr Gao have received grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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- From the Department of Nutritional Sciences (X.Z., X.G.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Departments of Nutrition (S.A.M., T.-S.Y., A.A.) and Epidemiology (T.-S.Y., A.A.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Channing Division of Network Medicine (T.-S.Y., A.A.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Institute for Global Food Security (A.C.), Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Department of Neurology (M.A.S.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Dr. Yeh is currently with Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, UK.
- Correspondence
Dr. Gao xxg14{at}psu.edu
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