
Rachael A Lawson
@rachaellawson85
@ParkinsonsUK Senior Research Fellow | @UniofNewcastle, @BAM_Research team | Lead @PDNEC_RIG | #parkinsons #dementia #psychology #delirium | Views are my own
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Today I’ve been at the local Parkinson's UK Working Age event here at the local golf club. It’s been great to talk about all the research we have in our region, ways to get involved and about our Parkinson's North East & Cumbria RIG. And of course, meeting some brilliant people living with #Parkinsons!


Congratulations to our PhD student Gemma Bate who sucessfully defended her thesis yesterday on #digital outcomes of #delirium in #Parkinsons! Very well deserved, well done Dr Bate! Silvia Del Din Alison Yarnall BAM Research Group DiMeN DTP Parkinson's UK NIHR Newcastle BRC


NIHR Newcastle BRC theme lead Professor John-Paul Taylor secured funding from Alzheimer's Society to lead one of three Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs) nationally. #BRCResearch More on 🔗newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-doctoral-t…

Places are still available to book here: events.rcpe.ac.uk/rcpe-online-pa… IMT-SES Kerri Baker Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

🚨Due to popular demand, we have been able to release some additional tickets to our #Parkinsons NEC-RIG Research Day! Register now to join us and hear about fantastic Parkinson's research around the North East! Registration is open now via this link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-parkinso…

📢 PhD opportunity to study pure autonomic failure as a prodrome of #Parkinsonsdisease Supervised by Eduardo de Pablo Fernandez & me, at Centre for Preventive Neurology alongside the PREDICT-PD Study team Funded by Parkinson's UK findaphd.com/phds/project/c… Cure Parkinson's michaeljfox.org

Kicking off today’s #Parkinsons research day is Dr Lou Wiblin, Consultant Neurologist at Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. She gave a fantastic talk about their award winning PASU service and how prescribing Clozapine can help with Parkinson’s psychosis. Parkinson's North East & Cumbria RIG Parkinson's UK Parkinson's UK Excellence Network




We’ve had a fantastic morning! Healthcare professionals & researchers from around the region have been talking about a range of topics. From self management of medications and SLT to supporting carers. Ready for more this afternoon! Parkinson's UK @Emma__Packer Prof Annette Hand


Congraulations to our recently passed PhD student Gemma Bate for reciving an award for her posters on #digital_outcomes in #Parkinsons & #delirium at European Delirium 2024 Conference! 👏 BAM Research Group Silvia Del Din Alison Yarnall Sarah Richardson Florence Gerakios NIHR Newcastle BRC Parkinson's UK

It was an absolute pleasure to be a guest on the North of Scotland Parkinsons Research Interest Grp podcast with Julie Jones & Helga! I'm always delighted to have an opportunity of raising awareness of #delirium in #Parkinsons & this was a fantastic opportunity to do just that! BAM Research Group NIHR Newcastle BRC Parkinson's North East & Cumbria RIG


Last month we had our first #Parkinsons Research Engagement Day in Darlington. It was such a wonderful and positive day, including hearing about the brilliant work at South Tees Hospitals from our keynote Dr Lou Wiblin. Check out our gallery capturing the day 👉 parkinsonsnec-rig.org/gallery

Interested in cognitive decline in #Parkinsons? Listen to the ISTAART featuring Dr Dana Pourzinal. We collaborated with Dana and Prof Nadeeka Dissanayaka from UQ News using data from #ICICLE study from Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences and The Barker / Williams-Gray Lab to look at congnitive subtypes over time. Link below 👇
