Upcoming local research events
Online ERIG Event: Saturday 22 November @10am
Dr Alan Godfrey from Northumbria University will speak on “Better informing falls management in the home and community.”
Dr Godfrey is leading a collaborative proposal to the National Institute for Health and Care Research with university colleagues from Newcastle, Liverpool John Moores, Bradford and Heriot-Watt. They plan to use digital wearable devices to monitor walking patterns in People with Parkinson’s, with the ultimate aim of preventing freezing and falls.
Dr Godfrey’s collaborator from Heriot-Watt, Dr Encarna Micó Amigo, will also be at the ERIG event.
If you would like to attend, please email David Melton who will provide the Zoom link (davidm@edinburghparkinsons.org)
Reports from local research events
Using Eye Scans to Uncover Early Indicators of Parkinson’s and other Neurodegenerative Diseases
This online ERIG meeting took place on Saturday 17 May 2025 at 10:00. The speaker was Dr Tom MacGillivray, a Reader at the University of Edinburgh. Tom is a Principal…
Student Talks for the Bowler Travel Bursary
Over 30 Edinburgh Research Interest Group (ERIG) members braved a very cold Saturday morning on 7th December, to watch the talks at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine. Three students carrying…
NeuroCARE App – a digital health monitoring research study
This online ERIG meeting took place on Saturday 24 February 2024 at 10:00. The speaker was Dr Johnny Tam, a Clinical Research Fellow at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.…
Progress at the recent NECTAR (Network for European CNS Transplantation and Restoration) conference in Naples
This meeting took place at 10:00 on Saturday 2 December at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine. The audience of 24 members heard a report on progress towards new therapies for…
Effects of Mindfulness Meditation and Exercise Prescription on the Confidence of People with Parkinson’s to Engage in Physical Activity
This online ERIG meeting took place on Saturday 11 November 2023 at 10:00. The speaker was Khalid Al-Ani, a BSc (Hons) student in Physical Activity & Health at Napier University.…
Student Talks for The Bowler Travel Bursary
Engagement work between members of the Edinburgh Branch of Parkinson’s UK and local university researchers, students and health care professionals with a research interest in Parkinson’s was started by Prof.…
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