Letter from the Chair
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Letter from the Chair
The Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre is excited for launch of the Bjorn Moller Research Repository. Adults aged 19+ living with Parkinson's disease or other movement disorders, plus healthy-agers, are invited to contribute biological samples to the research repository.
Each year, PPRI hosts a Scientific Review, at which PPRC’s senior researchers provide live presentations on current and past projects. The event is an opportunity to discover how recent findings are contributing to the progression of Parkinson’s research around the world, and what the research team is hoping to explore next.
Aiming to improve the effectiveness of patient care and treatment, Dr. Martin McKeown’s team at the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and Movement Disorders Clinic are conducting two new studies. Both aim to investigate new technologies that could transform care for Parkinson’s disease patients.
Two new Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre (PPRC) research projects have recently been approved for funding by the Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute (PPRI) Board of Directors.
Recently, Michael Smith Health Research BC highlighted its partnership with Pacific Parkinsons Research Initiative and how it fosters world-class research right in our backyard.
The Centre for Neurology Studies is currently recruiting participants for a 4-week clinical study with Dr. Martin McKeown and Dr. Ryan C.N. D’Arcy at the at the Surrey Neuroplasticity Clinic.
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month! Pacific Parkinson’s Research Institute, along with many others, is a proud partner of PD Avengers. We support their initiative to the United Nations with the “Red Letter Campaign”.
Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell, who holds the Marg Meikle Professorship in Parkinson’s Research, recently published research on the potentially major benefit of diet on brain health, funded mainly by Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute.
The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society leadership and its Scientific Issues Committee (MDS-SIC) has released a statement providing information regarding the COVID-19 vaccination opportunities, and particularly regarding patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Larry Gifford, PPRI Board of Directors, checks in with Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell, Parkinson’s clinician and research scientist, to share more information on current research projects funded in large part thanks to PPRI donors and Porridge for Parkinson's.