David Dexter
@profdaviddexter
Research Director @ParkinsonsUK, Visiting Prof at Imperial College London. 38 years Parkinson's research experience, 24 years spent at Imperial.
Thanks for sharing this @ParkinsonsUK Excellence Network funded national registry which will serve as a recruitment platform for all Parkinson’s clinical trials in the UK!
A new national registry, JPR@Research+Me, is an online platform which will allow anyone with Parkinson’s to sign up for clinical research studies they are interested in and help speed up the development of new treatments. @EJS_ACT_PD Find out more: buff.ly/6Luzcmc
As National Volunteering week comes to a close it was great to volunteer with 350 walkers at the @ParkinsonsUK Mote Park walk for Parkinson’s. Walks help raise £9m for our nurse appeal. Further details of walks happening across the UK visit our website events.parkinsons.org.uk/event/walk-par…
🤔Is snake meat a viable solution to saving our planet? Is stem cell therapy about to cure Parkinson's? Our 2024 #HardingPrize for Trustworthy Communication winners show that science reporting works best when cutting through the hype. More information senseaboutscience.org/activities/202…
Congratulations to everyone who ran the London Marathon for @ParkinsonsUK , that is an amazing amount of fundraising! Well done!
Go Team Parkinson's Go! 🏃🏻🏃🏿♀️🏃🏽♂️ Congratulations and a massive thank you to everyone who took part in the @LondonMarathon 2025! Together the team have raised £467,173.27 so far which will help fund incredible research & help improve services for everyone living with Parkinson's.
World Parkinson’s day got off to a flying start with a 5km fun run at the Synuclein2025 conference today. Today is the 4th day of cutting edge research to better understand the role of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s. @ParkinsonsUK is proud to sponsor this event.
This new centre will boost research capacity to better understand the causes of Parkinson’s and will catalyse new treatment development. This triggers the global search for a new centre director and an additional 4 group leaders. Details in web post.
We’re excited to announce that we're joining forces with the UK Dementia Research Institute, @UKDRI, to establish a pioneering research centre to better understand the causes of Parkinson’s and to find better treatments for the condition. Find out more: prksn.uk/3QLQReh
Looking forward to attending the Synuclein2025 conference @Synuclein215707 with the great line up speakers and poster presentations this will be a great update of what is happening in the alpha-synuclein field!
We're so thankful to the #Synuclein2025 committee who have made such great strides in bringing this conference together in many different ways and in building such an exciting programme. 🙏😃 #Syn2025 #Cambridge2025 @GeorgeTofaris @MaluTansey @Janin865 @profdaviddexter
A truly pioneering project by the @ParkinsonsUK Race Equality in Research team, well done! Looking forward to where we can take this project in 2025 so as to make research inclusive!
We’re striving to improve representation in Parkinson’s research 📣 In 2024 we made big strides towards our goal, but our journey is far from over. Click to read our next steps 👉 prksn.uk/42lfJ3p
This is a great article which clarifies the potential of adaptive DBS, who will benefit and at what stage of development this new technology is at. Great work @ParkinsonsUK Research Communications team!
Research News 📣 An individual’s life-changing experience of a new form of deep brain stimulation has hit the headlines. Kevin, a person with Parkinson’s in Sunderland, was one of the first people to experience the BrainSense technology. Read more 👉🏻 prksn.uk/3EkjV9W
Great achievement Caroline!
@QEparkrun - completed! Great welcome talk - most difficult course we have done - but I am now an alphabeteer! Fantastic - plan to enjoy Winchester now @ParkinsonsUK @ActiveEssex @parkrunUK
Fantastic to see this important @ParkinsonsUK funded clinical trial restart!
We’re delighted to announce that Parkinson's UK funded clinical trial, TOP HAT is restarting. The research is investigating a drug called ondansetron in people with Parkinson's or dementia with Lewy bodies who experience visual hallucinations. 👉 prksn.uk/41i0VSU
Great to be part of this amazing project which uses techniques like single cell type RNAseq, proteomics etc to unlock the secrets within the Parkinson’s brain. This wouldn’t be possible without the @ParkinsonsUK brain bank at Imperial College!
💪 Teaming up to cure Parkinson's @imperialcollege, @ParkinsonsUK, and pharma partners (@GSK, @Novartis, @Roche, @UCBUSA) launch the Landmark Project to map gene expression in Parkinson’s, funded by a £4M Gatsby Foundation gift. 🔗 hubs.ly/Q02ZtL9-0
It’s great to have been involved in this new initiative. Tech can be a great benefit but people with Parkinson’s need to know which technology is right for them. Over time the number of reviewed products will grow and the community can add their reviews!
We created the Tech Guide so that people with Parkinson's, and their families and carers, can make the right decisions for themselves about all the devices and apps that claim to be able to help improve their quality of life. Check out the Tech Guide 👉 prksn.uk/3AMjKTp
Thanks to every walker and the volunteers that make these events happen!
We want to say an incredible thank you to the 5,397 people who took part in our Walk for Parkinson’s events. Whether you attended an in-person walk, organised your own or took on a virtual challenge, we raised an incredible £1,060,00 together. Thank you. 💙
Fantastic to hear that the UK_PD_CSG has now hit the 100th member milestone! Such a great initiative that will increase opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to take part in research and speed up clinical trials!
We are delighted to share that the @UK_PD_CSG now has 100 members! 🎉🎉🎉 We can see the positive impact this has had on our group, with an increase in expertise and perspectives resulting in even more valuable discussions at our regular meetings! See below for more details ⬇