Dundee Research Interest Group

We will be posting links to the regular Newsletters from our three local Parkinson's UK groups - Dundee and Angus, Fife and Perth.  Here is this month's link for Dundee and Angus:

Dundee & Angus March25 newsletter.pdf

Please sign the petition here https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713714 and encourage all your friends and family to do the same, Rory Cellan-Jones' article on Substack here is helpful to explain the background to others:

tps://open.substack.com/pub/rorycellanjones/p/at-last-the-parky-charter-parliamentary?r=2cgd1e&utm_medium=ios

Some People with Parkinson's (PwP) discover new talents following their diagnosis - for some this may inolve new sporting prowess and for others something artistic, eg poetry.  In this news article we feature some recent poetry from our Dundee University and DRIG Open Doors Day at the School of Life Sciences Lab on the 28th of Feb 2025.

Hello everyone

I have been working with the Younger Parkinson's (YP) working group to organise Scotland's YP information and support activities for 2025.

Firstly, we will be hosting 3 online introductory sessions for people living with Parkinson's of working age (aged 66 or under).  The same session will run 3 times on Zoom, 7 - 9pm, on:

Have you seen the Movers and Shakers podcast team's video??

Take a look here https://www.moversandshakerspodcast.com/

The DRIG team have put together a Dundee version, we've tried to look on the bright side of Research and how things may really change in the, not too distant, future.

Held at Sport Scotland's National Sports Centre, Inverclyde, Largs on 10th & 11th August, competitors from all over Europe joined the competition!

The 'German Knights' Team made the best entrance, treating us all to a bagpipe march into the sports hall in kilts and tammies! 

 

TRES AMIGOS - GULP! 

Call me crazy, oh what have I done?

It was on, it was off… then there was one,

My thoughts as a solo rider, filled me with fear,

But a buddy I’ve found, I must pack my gear? 

100km a day is a massive ask

And no doubt I will need an oxygen mask 

I’m nowhere near ready; only partially steady

But stupidity wins through, feeling rough and ready

DRIG members made headlines on World Parkinson's day thanks to our local paper - the Courrier, take a look at the articles here:

Here’s an inspiring story about how Dundee scientist Dr Andy Howden changed his career focus to concentrate on Parkinson's research after his dad battled with the disease:

Marc, Chair of DRIG, recently collected up all the penny collecting pots he had set out around his home town, before Covid and realised over £500, for further research! Every little counts and soon adds up, read the details in his local paper's article - great job Marc, let's get some more pots out there!!

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What more could a PwP or carer want (or need) to help them through the jungle of articles, reports and Webinars that are all so fascinating, but so easy to get lost in without the requisite scientific background or speakers and authors who talk to the non scientist.  If you have an understanding of any other terms which have helped you then please complete a comment box below and we will add them to the glossary. We hope that this glossary will help!

The glossary can be found in the About section: Glossary