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Dr Sarah Fearn and Emily Watkins from the University of Southampton are assessing factors and events that influence care needs.

The PREDICT PD team from Queen Mary University London, Wolfson Institute of Preventative Medicine and University College London Institute of Neurology are conducting a study to refine tests that might help to predict Parkinson's.

By 2040 the number of people diagnosed with Parkinson’s will have doubled.

Professor Anthony Schapira and his research team at Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL, are looking to identify a large number of people with Parkinson's who may have small genetic alterations in genes such as LRRK2 or GBA, which are known to be associated with Parkinson's.

Pavlos Zinzalias and the research team at King's College Hospital are investigating how social isolation has impacted the health of people with Parkinson's during the coronavirus pandemic.

Megan Readman, a PhD student from Lancaster University, is investigating how naming items may be different for people with Parkinson's, specifically when looking at how images are displayed.

Anna Hood, a research fellow at University College London, is investigating what people's attitudes and behaviours are towards the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health strategies that have been put in place to tackle it. 

Megan Readman, a PhD scholar at Lancaster University, is investigating perceptions of body proportions and changes in this that may be related to Parkinson's.

Ellen Huish, a trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Bath, is investigating how compassionately healthcare is delivered in the UK.

Dr David Schwartzman and the research team at the University of Sussex are investigating visual hallucinations in Parkinson's.

Dr Nick Zarotti, a trainee clinical psychologist at the University of East Anglia, is looking at how feeling in control could be linked to low mood and therefore taking medication.