Marize Newnham is a neurological physiotherapist with a keen interest in early Parkinson’s and stroke rehabilitation. She spent over 15 years as a Senior Clinician in public and private hospitals and now works with individual, group and Zoom clients through her Melbourne-based private practice Regain Life Physiotherapy, and part-time in rehabilitation across Eastern Health public…
Catherine was a happily retired medical practitioner when in 2015, the threat of a knee replacement caused her to discover photobiomodulation and the work of University of Sydney’s Prof John Mitrofanis. She made a light device for her knee, and light hats for people with Parkinson’s disease, all with surprisingly good outcomes. In 2018 she…
Stephen Mullin is a Neurologist interested in how genetics can be used to develop new treatments and improve care for people with Parkinson’s. He ran the first genetically targeted clinical trial of a drug designed to slow down Parkinson’s and created pdfrontline.com, a UK internet based portal to allow people with Parkinson’s to undergo genetic…
Jon Roozenbeek is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses broadly on misinformation, online extremism, vaccine hesitancy, and the development of psychological “vaccines” against common misinformation techniques. His doctoral dissertation (2020) examined media discourse in the so-called “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine.
David Finkelstein is the head of the Parkinson’s Disease Laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Physiologist and neurobiologist David Finkelstein is the head of the Parkinson’s Disease Laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. In this role, he uses his skills and knowledge to investigate possible new medical…
Kenneth Marek is Distinguished Scientist at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders. Dr Marek’s major research interests include identification of biomarkers for early detection, assessment of disease progression and development of new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. He has authored numerous neurology and neuroscience publications on these topics. Dr. Marek is the…
Dr. Benzi Kluger is a Professor of Neurology and Medicine and the Director of the Palliative Care Research Center and the Neuropalliative Care Division at the University of Rochester. Dr. Kluger is a pioneer in the field of neuropalliative care, the application of palliative care approaches to improve the lives of persons living with neurologic…
Dr Ann Liebert (PhD) is a world-renowned Australian scientist with over 30 years of clinical experience treating previously intractable conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and chronic headache. She is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Sydney University, Coordinator of Photomolecular Research at the SAN Hospital and has accepted an offer of…
Njideka U. Okubadejo is a Professor of Neurology and Consultant Neurologist specializing in Movement Disorders at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She trained at the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (1992–1998), with additional observership at Howard University, Washington DC (1997/98), and a Visiting Clinical Fellowship in Movement Disorders sponsored by the…