Tuesday, December 3, 2024
World Parkinson Coalition® Launches Young Onset Webinar Series
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC), is holding a free webinar series on Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease, known as WPC4YOPD. This series will offer support and resources to people living with or interested in learning about Young Onset Parkinson's Disease.
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Monday, September 23, 2024
World Parkinson Coalition® and Philadelphia Parkinson’s Community Collaborate to Make City "Parkinson Ready”
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC), together with The Parkinson Council and Discover Philadelphia, is proud to announce the launch of Make the City Parkinson Ready (“Parkinson Ready”) program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The Parkinson Ready program aims to reduce stigma and enhance support for individuals living with Parkinson's disease (PD) by training key leaders in Philadelphia's safety, transportation, and service industries.
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Friday, August 9, 2024
World Parkinson Coalition® and Vancouver’s Parkinson’s Community Collaborate to Make City "Parkinson Ready”
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC), together with Parkinson Society British Columbia, PD Avengers and AbbVie, is proud to announce the launch of Make the City Parkinson Ready (“Parkinson Ready”) program in Vancouver, Canada. The “Parkinson’s Ready” program aims to reduce stigma and enhance support for individuals living with Parkinson's disease (PD) by training key leaders in the safety, transportation, and service industries in Vancouver.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2024
World Parkinson Coalition® Launches Research Spotlight Series 2024
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is launching its WPC Research Spotlight 2024 series. This Research Spotlight series, the third hosted by the WPC, will include six interviews with leading Parkinson researchers, inviting them to further explain their research as it was first described on the WPC Blog.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
World Parkinson Coalition® Announces New Board Leadership
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announced the appointment of new Executive Leadership and two new Board members who will lead the Coalition for the next three years up through the 7th World Parkinson Congress. Taking over the position of President is Professor Roger Barker, MBBS, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK, Vice President is Malú Gamez Tansey, PhD, University of Florida College of Medicine, USA, Secretary is Alice Nieuwboer, PhD, KU Leuven, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Belgium, and remaining as Treasurer is Rajesh Pahwa, MD, Kansas School of Medicine, USA. Two new board members will join the WPC Board starting in January 2024, Marina Romero-Ramos, PhD and Jeffrey Kordower, PhD.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
World Parkinson Coalition® launches Tour de Parkinson ~ Bike to Barcelona program for the 6th World Parkinson Congress
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC), together with Parkinson advocates from Europe, the USA, and Australia announces the launch of the Tour de Parkinson ~ Bike to Barcelona program. More than 50 cyclists, both living with and caring for people with Parkinson’s, will cycle from three European locations – Brighton, UK, Valencia, Spain, and Ventimiglia, Italy to reach the city of Barcelona in time to attend the 6th World Parkinson Congress from July 4-7, 2023. On their way, the three teams will travel a combined 3,000 km to reach their destination.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
The 6th World Parkinson Congress Announces Its 12 Hot Topics In Research
The 6th World Parkinson Congress (WPC 2023), offered through the organization the World Parkinson Coalition®,
announces today its 12 Hot Topics presentations, which highlight
emerging areas of study in Parkinson’s research and disease management.
The hot topic categories include basic science, clinical science,
clinical therapeutics, and complementary care. The World Parkinson
Coalition leadership, which includes more than 50 reviewers, assessed
over 900 submissions and whittled them down to the final 12 abstracts
for Hot Topics presentations.
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
World Parkinson Coalition® Partners with Barcelona Community to become “Parkinson’s Ready” Ahead of 6th World Parkinson Congress
In honor of World Parkinson’s Day, the World Parkinson Coalition (WPC), together with Associació Catalana per al Parkinson, Barcelona Turisme Convention Bureau and sponsored by AbbVie, announced today the launch of its Make the City “Parkinson’s Ready” program ahead of the 6th World Parkinson Congress taking place July 4-7, 2023. The program will help the Barcelona community prepare to welcome congress attendees living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and their care partners and is focused on equipping people working on the front lines of transportation, hotel staff, convention center staff, as well as local police and customs officials at the airport with the opportunity to learn about Parkinson’s so they can have positive experiences interacting with delegates who live with Parkinson’s during the Congress.
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
World Parkinson Coalition® Announces Top 12 Videos in WPC 2023 Video Competition – Voting now begins for People’s Choice Award
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announces Top 12 Videos for the WPC 2023 Video Competition. These selected videos collectively capture what many with Parkinson’s feel every day as they live with this disease, enabling viewers to visually, intellectually, and emotionally walk in their shoes. Moreover, the 12 videos inspire, encourage,er, the 12 videos inspire, encourage, educate and reassures that one can live life to the fullest when living with Parkinson’s disease.
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Thursday, April 1, 2021
World Parkinson Coalition® Hosts First-Ever WPC Virtual Congress on Parkinson’s Disease
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is launching its first ever WPC Virtual Congress offering access to some of the world’s most recognized Parkinson’s researchers, clinicians, rehab professionals, and advocates over five days from May 17-21, 2021. This virtual event will include more than 80 presentations and 20 live Q&A sessions, starting May 17, 2021.
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Monday, January 25th, 2021
World Parkinson Coalition® Launches Research Spotlight
Series
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is launching its first ever WPC Research Spotlight series. This engaging series will include six interviews in 2021 with renowned Parkinson scientists, inviting them to further explain their research and what it could mean for the Parkinson community.
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Launches Dual Language English-Spanish Webinar
Series
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is launching its first ever WPC Dual Language webinar program in English and Spanish. This series is designed to help prepare the non-medical and non-research Parkinson’s community members to attend and actively participate alongside scientists and clinicians at the 6th World Parkinson Congress in Barcelona, Spain in July 2023.
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Monday, September 21st, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Announces Eight Science Ambassadors
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announced the appointment of eight new Science Ambassadors for the 6th World Parkinson Congress. They will act as Ambassadors for the WPC in the two years leading up to the World Parkinson Congress in July 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Welcomes New Board Member
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announced the appointment of a new member to its Board of Directors. Drawing on her incredible advocacy work in the Parkinson’s space, and her commitment to raising awareness about Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease and about Parkinson’s across the African continent, Omotola Thomas, MS joined the WPC Board as of September 2020.
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Launches Care Partner Virtual Panel Series
In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, the World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is holding its first ever WPC Care Partner Virtual Panel Series to offer support and guidance to care partners and family members of people living with Parkinson’s on how to address hard to discuss topics and manage Parkinson’s as a team where both the person with Parkinson’s and care partner are supported. This four-part series will launch on Tuesday, April 28, 2020.
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Monday, April 6th, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Brings the Parkinson’s Community Together with a Parkinson’s Sing-A-Long
In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, the full month of April, the World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) is holding its first ever virtual Parkinson’s Sing-A-Long led by WPC Choir Director, Judi Spencer. Past members of the WPC Choir who performed at the 4th and 5th World Parkinson Congresses will come together with up to 500 other members of the global Parkinson’s community on four occasions to sing together in April.
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Monday, March 9th, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition®
Announces 15 New Parkinson Ambassadors
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announced the appointment
of 15 new Parkinson Ambassadors for the 6th World Parkinson Congress. These 15 people living with
Parkinson’s draw on their experience as advocates in the Parkinson’s community to act as Ambassadors for the
WPC in the two and a half years leading up to the World Parkinson Congress in July 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Thursday, January 30th, 2020
World Parkinson Coalition® Welcomes Five New Board of Directors
The World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) announced the appointment of five new members to its board of directors. Drawing on their many years of experience in the Parkinson’s field as movement disorder specialists, researchers, and advocates. Dr. Rajesh Pahwa from the University of Kansas Medical Center, Dr. Ryosuke Takahashi from Kyoto University, Dr. Malu G. Tansey from University of Florida College of Medicine, Dr. Alice Nieuwboer from University of Leuven, and Dr. Linda Olson, Professor Emerita from University of California at San Diego, joined the WPC Board as of January 2020.
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Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
Advocates for Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease Launch Innovative Facebook Fundraiser to Support the 6th World Parkinson Congress
Twenty six people living around the world with Young Onset Parkinson's Disease aim to 'pay it forward' by launching a 52 week Facebook fundraiser to help OTHER people with YOPD to attend the 6th World Parkinson Congress. These 26 participants hope to raise $50,000 to help send up to 50 YOPD to Barcelona, Spain to be part of the extraordinary WPC 2023 experience.
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