Oak Park and River Forest High School junior Jaelyn Hammersley was well aware that there are no disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease. So as part of OPRF’s Competitive Research, Design and Innovation course, she focused on the nervous system disorder that affects movement, battled by many, including renowned actors Michael J. Fox and Alan Alda. Her collegiate-caliber research was intense, but it paid off mid-May […]

