WEHI Parkinson’s Disease Special Seminar hosted by Professor Grant Dewson

Professor Carolyn Sue AM

Inaugural Kinghorn Chair of Neurodegeneration

Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

University of New South Wales

Director of Neuroscience at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney

Likely The National Parkinson’s Action Plan: What are we doing about it?

L7W Seminar Room

Join via TEAMS

Including Q&A session

Professor Carolyn Sue AM, is a neurologist and an internationally recognised leader in Parkinson’s disease, movement disorders, and mitochondrial disease. She is the Professor and Kinghorn Chair of Neurodegeneration at NeuRA, University of New South Wales, and the Director of Neuroscience at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. As Kinghorn Chair, she established the Centre of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease at Neuroscience Research Australia which provides clinical care for patients with Parkinson’s as well as laboratory-based research and treatment trials aimed at finding more effective therapies for patients and families living with Parkinson’s.

She was the first female neurologist to be promoted to Professor in Australia and is currently the inaugural Chair of the National Parkinson’s Alliance.

Carolyn’s research has provided key insight into the causes of Parkinson’s in particular the role of mitochondrial dysfunction. She will present the formation of the National Parkinson’s Action Plan and how her team’s fundamental and clinical research addresses the plan to improve the lives of people living with Parkinson’s.

All welcome!