Free Webinar: Addressing the sex and gender gaps in Parkinson’s research

When: March 6, 2025

Where: Virtual, United Kingdom

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To mark International Women’s Day, Cure Parkinson’s and Parkinson’s UK are hosting a free webinar on March 6, 2025 at 5:00 pm GMT.

Women are drastically underrepresented in Parkinson’s research, and our lack of understanding on sex and gender differences means people with Parkinson’s are not receiving the highest quality of care possible.

We invite researchers from all stages to this webinar to join us in discussing the current knowledge on sex and gender differences in Parkinson’s and the importance of considering these in your research.

Our chairs Richelle Flanagan and Shafaq Ali, two women living with Parkinson’s, are joined by a panel of Parkinson’s experts who will share their experiences examining sex and gender differences in their research and emphasize how looking at data through this lens elevates our overall understanding of Parkinson’s.

Additionally, this webinar will highlight some of the initiatives that are helping to bridge these gaps and actions you can take to begin addressing this in your own research.  

Panelists include:

- Professor Camille Carroll, a Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at Newcastle University and the University of Plymouth, as well as an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust.

- Dr Manon Auffret, a pharmacist and neuroscience researcher at the University of Rennes, University Hospital of Rennes, and the Institiut des Neurosciences Cliniques de Rennes.

- Dr Laura Smith, a Lecturer in Health Psychology, Research Psychologist, and Behavioural Scientist within the Centre for Preventative Neurology at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health Queen Mary University London.