Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781447165026)

Dr Susan Fox is Associate Professor of Neurology at Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Canada. She has many years' experience in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease and translational studies of novel pharmacological therapies for Parkinson's disease and dyskinesia. She has expertise in the design and running of phase II and III clinical studies in movement disorders. She has received funding from NIH, CIHR, Parkinson Society Canada and Michael J Fox Foundation for research into PD. She has published over 120 peer reviewed papers, reviews and book chapters in the field and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences. Dr Fox is an active member of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (MDS). She is current co-editor of the MDS website and chair of the MDS evidence based medicine committee on reviews of treatments for movement disorders.

Jonathan Brotchie, PhD, is Senior Scientist at the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network (UHN). At UHN, he leads a research programme focused on the discovery and validation of novel therapeutic targets for Parkinson's disease and the development of therapeutics based upon those targets. The particular expertise of his group and collaborators at UHN lies in transitioning development programmes from pre-clinical efficacy to Phase II proof-of-concept. Dr Brotchie is also Founder and a Director of Atuka Ltd, a CRO specialising in the provision of support for developing therapies for neurodegenerative disorders.