ADVISORY - PITTSBURGH - Governor Shapiro and PA Health Secretary Dr. Bogen to Highlight First-Ever Funding for Neurodegenerative Disease Research in 2025-26 Budget

December 19, 2025- Pittsburgh, PA

ADVISORY - PITTSBURGH - Governor Shapiro and PA Health Secretary Dr. Bogen to Highlight First-Ever Funding for Neurodegenerative Disease Research in 2025-26 Budget

Governor Josh Shapiro and PA Department of Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen will join researchers, higher education leaders, and elected officials at the University of Pittsburgh to highlight a first-ever $5 million investment for institutions to conduct research on neurodegenerative diseases in the 2025-26 budget.

The 2025-26 budget builds on the progress made by the Commonwealth's first Alzheimer's Disease Division established last year at the Department of Aging and continues to fund groundbreaking research on diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's in some of the nation's top research institutions - right here in Pennsylvania.

WHO:
Governor Josh Shapiro
Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen, PA Department of Health
Chancellor Joan Gabel, University of Pittsburgh
Dean Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Chris Donnelly, PhD, Researcher and Asst. Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Representative Kyle Mullins, PA's 112th House District

WHEN:
Friday, December 19, 2025, at 12:45 PM

WHERE:
University of Pittsburgh, Biomedical Science Tower 3
3501 Fifth Ave., Room 6014
Pittsburgh, PA 15261

LIVE STREAM:
pacast.com/live/gov
governor.pa.gov/live/

RSVP:
Press who are interested in attending must RSVP with the names and phones numbers for each member of their team to [email protected].

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