In February 2026, Bianca Palushaj, MD, movement disorder neurologist at Stanford, spoke to Palo Alto Parkinson’s support group on the topic of “Rethinking the Gut in PD.” As part of that talk, she briefly described three observational gut-brain studies at Stanford that are recruiting participants. The studies welcome those with PD and healthy controls. View her talk and see relevant links.
View Dr. Palushaj’s five-minute talk on three research studies:
- remote EGG (electrogastrogram)
- NIH consortium
- ingestible capsule
For those who live near Stanford and want to participate in this gut-brain research, please complete this online enrollment form.
If you have questions, contact the team.
In her short talk, Dr. Palushaj references the January 2026 Stanford Gut-Brain Seminar. Read our blog post about the seminar for some high-level context about these observational studies. Kathleen Poston, MD, described the NIH consortium study. Yasmine Kehnemouyi, PhD candidate, delved into the EGG studies. And Leila Neshatian, MD, described research with ingestible capsules.
For Dr. Palushaj’s full talk in February 2026: view Stanford GI-PD Research