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Parkinson’s Research Symposium 2022

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee

9:30 - 9:40 Welcome
Alfredo Fontanini, MD PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

9:45 - 10:05 Awardee presentation 1
Markus Riessland, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
The role of Annexin A1 in dopaminergic axonal dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease

10:10 - 10:30 Awardee presentation 2
Carine Maurer, MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Chuang Huang, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Radiology and Psychiatry
Subthalamic nucleus: Roles in cognition in Parkinson’s Disease

10:35 - 10:55 Awardee presentation 3
Chi-kuo Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Study the aging components of Parkinson’s disease using the African killifish

11:00 - 11:10 Break

11:10 - 12:10 Keynote presentation
David Sulzer, PhD
Professor
Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and
Pharmacology; School of Arts
Columbia University
Autoimmune features of Parkinson’s disease

12:15 - 1:30 Lunch break

1:30 - 2:00 Acknowledging Wai Law and Dennis Almodovar for their support to the
Hartman Center

2:05 - 2:25 Clinical presentation 1
Lisa Muratori, PT EdD
Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Moving and thinking / Thinking and moving: the relationship between cognition and walking in people with Parkinson’s disease

2:30 - 2:50 Clinical presentation 2
Guy Schwartz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Parkinson’s disease psychosis

2:55 - 3:15 Closing
Alfredo Fontanini, MD PhD