OPDC Open Day Talks 2015 - 2024
Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre Open Day 2024
The seventh OPDC Open Day was held in Oxford on Tuesday 10 September 2024 at the Leonardo Hotel, Oxford. Of the 140 attendees, the majority were patients and families of the Oxford Discovery Cohort. Set up in 2010, this long-term observational study of Parkinson’s and prodromal Parkinson’s is a world-leading Parkinson’s biomarker cohort which has provided an excellent opportunity to understand more about how Parkinson's develops over time, and how Parkinson’s affects different people in different ways.
The day was opened by Professor Michele Hu, welcoming all and giving an update on the latest PD trials, followed by a packed programme of speakers from OPDC, NDCN, OBRC and OUH.
As well as talks, there were opportunities for Q&As with each speaker, plus plenty of refreshment breaks and lunch which gave attendees and clinicians the chance to speak to and learn from each other.
Many of the audience were participants in trials and studies. For them the day offered insights into how research has progressed thanks to their contributions of time, data, skin samples, and in the words of the comedian Tony Hancock - which we enjoyed a clip of thanks to Ludo Van Hillegondsberg - ‘very nearly an armful’ of blood!
This sentiment was reiterated by Dr Kalina Naidoo in the closing slide of her talk as she said ‘Thank you… none of these experiments could be done without the help of patients’.
All talks were recorded and are below to watch again.
1. Michele Hu, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience & Consultant Neurologist, OPDC Principle Investigator
2. Katarina Gunter - Research Assistant
3. Timothee Aubourg, presented by Katrina Gunter, Research Assistant
4. Tanja Zerenner, Senior Research Associate, Medical Statistics & Professor Sanjay Manohar, Computational Neurologist
5. Karolien Groenewald, Research Practitioner
6. Dr Johannes Klein & Dr Tamir Eisenstein
7. Jamil Razzaque – Research Practitioner & Helen Knott - Specialist Physiotherapist
8. Rory Smith, Brain Bank Tissue Coordinator & Annie Ziyi Zhao, PhD student
9. Dr Kalina Naidoo, Wade-Martins Group
10. Dr Ludo Van Hillegondsberg, Clinical Research Fellow
11. Questions and answers session
Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre Open Day 2023
On Monday 5th June 2023, Professor Michele Hu and the Oxford Parkinson’s Disease Centre (OPDC) hosted their public open day at the Oxford Spires Hotel, Abingdon Road, Oxford.
The last OPDC open day was held before the COVID pandemic in 2019 and it was an absolute joy to bring together so many people for the first time in 3 years, to be able to show and discuss some of the research happening within OPDC, and the world of Parkinson’s disease.
With almost 200 attendees, the day was a great success. There were various talks recorded throughout the day, with many of the attendees being participants of the research being conducted within OPDC. Please follow the link to view the recorded talks.
OPDC Parkinson's Research Update 2019
On 16 September 2019 over 200 members of our Discovery cohort came to the Jury’s Inn, Oxford to hear about our latest research and share their views. We would like to thank all of the cohort members who came to the event from our centres across the country, and joined in the lively discussion session. Please follow the link to view the talks recorded on the day.
OPDC Parkinson's Research Update 2018
On September 10 2018 over 200 members of our Discovery cohort came to the Jury’s Inn, Oxford to hear about our latest research and share their views. We would like to thank all of the cohort members who came to the event from our centres across the country, and joined in the lively discussion session. Please follow the link to view the talks recorded on the day.
OPDC Participants' Day 2017
OPDC Scientists and Clinicians talk about different aspects of our research into Parkinson's. Talks covered links between Parkinson's and sleep, development of wearable technology and drug discovery/repurposing. Please follow the link to view the talks recorded on the day.
OPDC Participants' Day 2016
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OPDC Participants' Day 2015
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