Autumn Research Update Meeting 2025
Our 2025 Autumn Research Update Meeting will take place once again at the renowned Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), Wimpole Street, London, on Monday 10 November, where guests can look forward to an engaging agenda featuring the latest updates from our funded research. Theme: Revolutionising...
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Tom Isaacs award winners 2018 – Prof. Bas Bloem & Dr Simon Stott
Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Research Institute have announced Dr. Simon Stott (above left) and Professor Bastiaan Bloem (above right) as joint recipients of this year’s ‘Tom Isaacs Award’. The comprehensive nominations for both candidates made choosing between them very difficult – therefore it was…
Webinar – How Does Parkinson’s Disease Begin? Neuroanatomical Pathways, Prions and Histology.
Professor Patrick Brundin is joined by fellow panellists Dr Filip Scheperjans a clinical neurologist working in Helsinki, Dr Jon Stamford a neuroscientist and person living with Parkinson’s, and Dr Viviane LaBrie from the Van Andel Research Institute, discussing the 2017 paper ‘How Does Parkinson’s Disease…
Alison Anderson – Fundraiser of the Year 2017
Fundraiser of the Year 2017 The Fundraiser of the Year Award recognises the individual who has ‘gone above and beyond’ to raise funds and/or awareness for Parkinson’s. We are delighted that Alison Anderson is the 2017 Fundraiser of the Year winner! Following her diagnosis with Parkinson’s, Alison…
The lixisenatide trial
Another trial in the promising diabetes drug cohort for repurposing in Parkinson’s is evaluating the effect of lixisenatide on the progression of Parkinson’s. This trial is co-funded by Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute through the International Linked Clinical Trials programme. This study is being conducted in France…
Tom Isaacs Award winner 2017 – Prof. Tom Foltynie
Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute (VAI) are proud to announce Professor Tom Foltynie, Consultant Neurologist and Researcher at University College, London, as the inaugural winner of the Tom Isaacs Award. The award was presented today at the annual Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s conference and Rallying to the…