Dundee Research Interest Group

This year’s Lecture will take place on the evening of Wednesday 20th September before a live audience at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and will also be streamed live online. This year’s Lecturer is Camille Carroll, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Neurologist in Plymouth, where she led the clinical Parkinson’s service to 3 national awards.

The title of Prof Carroll’s Lecture is: Learning to Listen – a patient-centred approach to Parkinson’s care and research.

DRIG members Aileen and David Rigg will provide a summary of their experiences at WPC, followed by individual reflections from attendees Janet and Gary Kerr, Jo Goodburn, Brendan Hawdon, Marc van Grieken, Joy Milne, and Gillian Sharpe. There will be a panel discussion, and plenty of time for audience Q&A. 

The DRIG team will also share video and photo highlights from the event. 

We'll record the event for anyone unable to attend live, please register below in order to receive the recording link.

On Monday, 7 November, please join Parkinson's UK, the Scottish Research Interest Groups, and the Dundee Parkinson's Research Team for an exciting afternoon in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee

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.

This event is open to LIVE and ONLINE participation, this is the online link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkinsons-up-close-and-personal-by-nobel-laureate-prof-randy-schekman-tickets-335521091617

and the live link is below.