Kyoko Tsuboi, PhD, has been awarded the first Michael J. Fox Fellowship in Parkinson's Research at University of California, San Diego. Dr. Tsuboi will study the processes leading to neuronal death in Parkinson's disease and glial cell death in multiple system atrophy (MSA), which is a progressive, degenerative neurological disorder characterized by parkinsonism, ataxia, and autonomic dysfunction. She will use cell culture and transgenic mouse models of these diseases. Dr. Tsuboi will work under the direction of Clifford W. Shults, MD. Dr. Tsuboi received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Japan Women's University and doctorate in animal behavior from University of Tokyo.