Dundee Research Interest Group

The annual Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture is a flagship event for the Parkinson’s community to learn about progress in the fight against the disease. I am delighted to say that this year, for the first time since 2019, the Lecture will be delivered live at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 150 socially distanced places are available for a live audience in the 300-seat auditorium. The Lecture will also be streamed live to an online audience.

The Lecture will be given by Julie Jones, a physiotherapist specialising in Parkinson’s and Senior Lecturer at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.  Julie was awarded the first Clinical Academic Fellowship jointly funded by Parkinson's UK and the Scottish Chief Scientist Office to develop an intervention which combines exercise, education, and self-management with the aim of promoting increased physical activity and the development of a regular exercise habit for people with Parkinson’s.  The title of Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture 2022 is -

The Importance of Exercise for People with Parkinson’s: Evidence, Empowerment and Enablement

There will be a video Introduction to the Lecture by Prof Bastiaan Bloem who delivered the 2016 Edinburgh Parkinson’s Lecture. There will be opportunity for members of both the live audience (chaired by Dr Gordon Duncan) and the online audience (chaired by Prof Tilo Kunath) to ask questions after the Lecture. The Concluding Remarks will be made by Dr Alison Williams, person with Parkinson’s and Hon. Professor of Creativity, Centre for Person-centred Practice Research, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.