When:
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
Where: Robert H Lurie Medical Research Center, Searle Seminar Room, 303 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Tara Davis
(312) 908-5035
Group: Feinberg School of Medicine - Neurology
Category: Academic
TOPIC: Novel treatment targets in Parkinson's Disease
PRESENTER: Susan H. Fox, MB ChB, MRCP(UK), Ph
Associate Professor at Toronto Western Hospital, UHN and University of Toronto
Dr. Susan Fox is an associate professor in the division of neurology, University of Toronto and a staff neurologist at the Toronto Western Hospital. She is a clinical investigator and her research interests include pre-clinical studies investigating disease mechanisms, particularly neuropsychiatric problems of PD; as well as phase II and phase III clinical trials of new treatments for PD and other movement disorders. She is a member of the International Executive Committee of the Movement Disorder Society and is also chair of the Movement Disorder Society Evidence Based Medicine update on treatment of motor symptoms for PD.