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Laurie H Sanders

Associate Professor in Neurology
Neurology, Movement Disorders
Box 103056, 3 Genome Court 5128 MSRB III, Durham, NC 27713
Box 103056, 3 Genome Court 5128 MSRB III, Durham, NC 27713

Selected Grants


The Gut Brain Parkinson's Disease Consortium (GBPDC): Coordinating and Data Management Center (CDMC)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Program in Environmental Health

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2029

Automated High-purity Exosome isolation-based AD diagnostics system (AHEADx)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028

Which mechanisms of pollutant-induced mitochondrial dysfunction cause dopaminergic neurodegeneration?

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

CIRCUIT MECHANISMS FOR DOPAMINE NEURON VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE IN PD - Extension

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2021 - 2026

LRRK2-HDAC6 pathway as a mediator of tau neurotoxicity in Parkinson's disease (Buck, Silas)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Parkinson Foundation · 2024 - 2026

Mechanisms of mitochondrial genome integrity in familial and idiopathic Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2020 - 2025

Identifying kinase signaling pathways linked to tau-mediated neurodegeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2025

Alzheimer's Association Communication

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Alzheimer's Association · 2024 - 2025

Regulation of LRRK2 in lysosomal stress response

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2025

Optimization of methods to process samples for detection of mtDNA damage

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Neuron23 · 2024 - 2024

mtDNA sample analysis

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by NRG Therapeutics Ltd · 2024 - 2024

Phase 1b Parkinson's Disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Allyx Therapeutics, Inc · 2023 - 2024

An acoustofluidic device for diagnosing preclinical Alzheimer's disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ascent Bio-Nano Technologies, Inc. · 2022 - 2024

AB22002 - A dose-ranging study to investigate efficacy and safety of buntanetap in participants with early AD

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Annovis Bio, Inc. · 2022 - 2024

SBT-272 - collaboration with Stealth Bio

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2023 - 2024

DNA Blood Sampling Services - Option Year 1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by San Francisco VA Health Care System · 2021 - 2023

Interactions between the immune system, genetics and environmental mitochondrial toxicants in models of Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2020 - 2022

DNA Blood Sampling Services - Base Year

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by San Francisco VA Health Care System · 2021 - 2022

Supplement: Mitochondrial DNA damage as a blood-based biomarker of early Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2020 - 2021

Cross-validation of LRRK2 biomarkers

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2019 - 2021

Mechanisms of pathogenesis in LRRK2-related Parkinson's disease

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by William N. & Bernice E. Bumpus Foundation · 2018 - 2021

Mitochondrial DNA damage in PD and control in a pesticide-exposed cohort

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2018 - 2021

Mitochondrial DNA damage: screening tool and novel therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by William N. & Bernice E. Bumpus Foundation · 2017 - 2019

Mitochondrial DNA damage as a blood-based biomarker of early Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2017 - 2019

Mitochondrial DNA damage in brain and blood in Alzheimer's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2017 - 2019

The Anti-Aging Role of Klotho in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2017 - 2019

LRRK2 kinase activity and mitochondrial DNA damage in Parkinson's disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research · 2017 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Honoria from speaking engagements
  • Lucy Therapeutics

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