Parkinson Research Consortium

Our People

Advisory Board of Directors 

• David Cork, Chair
• Jane Batten
• Tom Belton
• Pat Evans
• Colleen Ford
• Andrew Frank
• Rob Gibson
• David Grimes, MD (Co-Director)
• Shelby Hayter
• David Hogg
• Sharon Martin
• Tiago Mestre, MD
• Natalina Salmaso, PhD
• Michael Schlossmacher, MD (Co-Director)
• Ruth Slack, PhD
• Kerry Winnemore
• Program Manager: Natasha Hollywood

Our Researchers – the importance of collaboration

We benefit from the expertise and efforts of the following group of elite researchers.
The PRC is led by Drs. David Grimes and Michael Schlossmacher.

David Grimes, MD	neurologist, specializing in Parkinson's disease and biomarker analysis
Michael Schlossmacher,  MD,  PhD	neurologist, specializing in Parkinson's disease and biomarker analysis
Paul Albert, PhD	an expert in dopamine signaling within the brain
Steffany Bennett, PhD	lipid biochemist, cell biologist, and systems neuroscientist studying neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration
Dennis Bulman, PhD	geneticist, an expert at the identification of human disease genes
Tuan Bui, PhD	research program in understanding how the nervous system controls movement, in particular, through the activity of the spinal cord
Simon Chen, PhD	expert in neural circuits and behavior
Antonio Colavita, PhD	molecular biologist and an expert in C. elegans worm genetics and development
Patrick Davidson, PhD	Cognitive neuroscience of human memory, executive functions, and emotion Normal aging and age-related disorders (such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases)
Marc Ekker	internationally renowned developmental biologist who uses zebra fish as a model to study cell death mechanisms
Derek Gibbings, PhD	expert in mechanisms of RNA processing and microRNAs
Shawn Hayley, PhD	an expert in neuroinflammatory mechanisms of neurodegeneration and links between environmental stressors and Parkinson's disease
Matthew Holahan, PhD	expert in multiple memory systems, Alzheimer’s, axonal growth, neural development
Diane Lagace, PhD	expert in performing behavioural phenotyping for the preclinical animal models
Lori Malva Della, C. Psych.	Neuropsychologist
Tiago Mestre, MD	neurologist, specializing in Parkinson's disease and clinical research
Julie Nantel, PhD	her research focuses on the development of novel tools to explain the mechanisms involved in freezing of gait in people with Parkinson’s disease
Johnny Ngsee, PhD	expert in the processes that determine information traffic among brain cells
Robin Parks, PhD	scientist with research expertise in gene therapy using viruses
Maxime Rousseaux, PhD	expert in understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Adam Sachs, MD	neurosurgeon, specializing in deep brain stimulation and brain computer interface
Natalina Salmaso, PhD	expert in Neurogenesis neuroplasticity, stressors, brain injury and cognitive delay
Ruth Slack, PhD	expert in stem cell biology and neuronal death
Mario Tiberi, PhD	scientist exploring how dopamine signaling works in the brain
François Tremblay, PT PhD	expert in Psychophysics of tactile sensations, neurophysiological aspects of human aging and sensori-motor integration in health and disease
Vance Trudeau, PhD	expert in biology
Lisa Walker, PhD	research program in the study of cognition in multiple sclerosis (MS)
John Woulfe, MD, PhD	neuropathologist, exploring why abnormal inclusions form within dying brain cells