About
Jennifer Adrissi, MD MSCR is a movement disorders neurologist and health services researcher at UCLA dedicated to improving outcomes and access disparities in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. Adrissi received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in Physiology and Neurobiology and her M.D. from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
She completed her Adult Neurology residency and Movement Disorders fellowship at Northwestern University. During her fellowship training, she also received her Master of Science degree in Clinical Research from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). As a fellow, she was accepted into the competitive American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Training in Research for Academic Neurologists to Sustain Careers and Enhance the Numbers of Diverse Scholars (TRANSCENDS) Program. She was also an NIH Neuro-NEXT fellow for clinical trial development.
Dr. Adrissi is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and co-located faculty member in the Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine, and Health Services Research Division at UCLA. Her clinical expertise focuses on movement disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease and atypical parkinsonism syndromes such as multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal syndrome, and Lewy body dementia. Her research interests include the use of community-based participatory research methods to develop community-partnered interventions to improve access to specialized care, support resources, and clinical trials in PD and other neurodegenerative disorders within the Black community and other historically marginalized groups. She is the founder and program director of the Parkinson’s C.O.R.E. Collaborative, an academic-community alliance that uses the pillars of Community-building, Outreach, Research, and Education to improve outcomes and access to PD resources within the Black community.
Cohort
2024-25
Projects
- Development of a Survey Measure for Use by Parkinson’s Disease Investigators to Enhance the Recruitment of Black Participants