UBC Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre affiliates Dr. Martin McKeown and Dr. Silke Cresswell have received funding for a two-year clinical research grant from the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF).
Their study, “MRI biomarkers for motor and non-motor manifestations of Parkinson’s disease” was chosen for its immediate impact on one of three priority research areas designated by the NPF.
McKeown and Cresswell’s study will examine Parkinson’s disease patients to measure the shapes of deep structures in the brain with the goal of developing a biomarker for Parkinson’s. The physicians hope to develop a reliable method to assess overall disease severity in Parkinson’s with the intent that the technique can be replicated at hospitals anywhere.
For more information, visit http://www.parkinson.org/getdoc/95e92db6-02c9-4ea0-8c46-fcbf1e86af89/default.
