The ins and outs of Parkinson’s disease

Satellite Event
The ins and outs of Parkinson’s disease

Download the session brochure here.

Date and time: 2/11/2021 16-18h
Location: Sala Audiovisuals, Edifici Transfronterer, Campus de Cappont, Universitat de Lleida.

Structure of the session (10min/each):

Genetics of Parkinson’s disease
Jordi Pérez Tur. Institut de Biomedicina de València-CSIC and CIBERNED.

The serotoninergic system and depression in Parkinson’s disease
Analia Bortolozzi. Institut d’ Investigacions Biomèdiques de Barcelona-CSIC and CIBERSAM.

The gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s disease
Ariadna Laguna. Institut de Recerca Vall d’Hebron and CIBERNED, Science Ambassador of the World Parkinson Coalition (https://www.worldpdcoalition.org/).

New advanced therapies for Parkinson’s disease
Guglielmo Foffani. Centro Integral de Neurociencia A.C., HM CINAC and CIBERNED.

One, none or two hundred thousand: get to know each other better to improve knowledge of Parkinson’s
Fulvio Capitanio. Economist and TIC manager, 2015 SEN Award for Parkinson’s dissemination activities, Co-Author “Participatory design in Parkinson’s research with focus on the symptomatic domains to be measured”, Promoter «Run for Parkinson’s» since 2010 in more than 100 cities in the world, author of the comic «With the eyes of a child», co-founder of United against Parkinson’s».

The expert patient
Francisca Ruiz. Co-founder of the “Con P de Parkinson” movement.

Control the uncontrollable
Artur Amich Bieto. Former partner of the auditor Deloitte, member of the “Associació Catalana per al Parkinson”, author of several books such as «Parkinson’s And Now What?» (2017), «Face to face with the monster» (2019) and «Control the uncontrollable» (2020) and creator of the blog https://conviviendoconelparkinson.com.

DBS (deep brain stimulation): Renacer
Margarita Méndez Martín. Member of “Con P de Parkinson”.