Parkinson Society British Columbia is the voice of British Columbians living with Parkinson’s. Its purpose is to ease the burden and find a cure for Parkinson’s disease through advocacy, education, research and support services. The Society is part of a strong community united in its dedication to improve the lives of those affected by Parkinson’s.

Funding interests

Award types

Health Professional-Investigator, Scholar, Research Trainee


Research interests

Parkinson Society British Columbia is interested in co-funding research relating to Parkinson’s and movement disorders, that contributes to the collective understanding of Parkinson’s, advances new treatments, and furthers the search for a cure.

  • movement disorder
  • Parkinson’s disease

Awards

2023

Recipient

Anthony Lapsansky

Award type

Research trainee award


Project title

Coordinating movement in a complex world: How the midbrain and oculomotor
cerebellum encode visual motion originating from realistic scenes to guide
locomotion


Award type

Research trainee award


Project title

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 and microglial contribution on the
development and severity of Parkinson’s disease

2021

Recipient

Lisa Julian

Award type

Scholar award


Project title

Organelle signalling in stem cell identity specification

Recipient

Nika Shakiba

Award type

Scholar award


Project title

Unlocking the competitive potential of pluripotent stem cells: Towards novel stem cell therapeutics

2017

Recipient

Roger Ashmus

Award type

Research Trainee award


Project title

Development of improved substrates for live cell imaging to aid in discovering new glucocerebrosidase therapeutic agents


Award type

Research Trainee award


Project title

Development of a flow cytometry assay for accurate and selective measurement of lysosomal GBA1 activity in PBMC

Recipient

Kota Mizumoto

Award type

Scholar award


Project title

Genetic dissection of neuronal pattern formation