ResearchCanadian Open Parkinson Network Canadian Open Parkinson Network Parkinson Canada is a founding partner, investing and collaborating with leading researchers from across Canada to create the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN). This is a large-scale, national research network that will dramatically enhance our capacity to uncover the answers and with the goal to deliver personalized treatments and services that improve lives. Ten of Canada’s top universities and movement disorders research centres from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec have committed to building the Canadian Open Parkinson Network. The Network collects de-identified clinical data with comprehensive information about each participant’s family history, lifestyle, and environment, along with details of their Parkinson’s symptoms and medications; test results, including cognitive and motor information; and a biobank with biomaterials extracted from blood samples, including DNA. Read the full news release here. View the C-OPN website C-OPN Network Goals promote and facilitate multi-centric and multidisciplinary research in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders pool datasets to better understand pathophysiology increase opportunity and participation in clinical trials contribute to the development of new treatments optimize translational research to clinicians and caregivers more rapidly improve prevention and treatment strategies and accelerate discoveries improve the lives of those living with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders C-OPN Sites Executive Committee: Dr. Oury Monchi Director Dr. Edward Fon Co-Director Dr. Jon Stoessl Dr. Antonio Strafella University of Calgary, Calgary Dr. Davide Martino Principal Investigator, Director Dr. David Park Co-Principal Investigator University of Alberta, Edmonton Dr. Richard Camicioli Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Janis Miyasaki Co-Principal Investigator University of British Columbia, Vancouver Dr. Jon Stoessl Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Martin McKeown Co-Principal Investigator McGill University, Montreal Dr. Edward Fon Co-Director C-OPN Director, Quebec Parkinson Network Dr. Anne-Louise Lafontaine Co-Principal Investigator Laval University, Québec Dr. Nicolas Dupré Co-Principal Investigator Clinique Neuro-Lévis, Lévis Dr. Nicolas Dupré Principal Investigator University of Montreal, Montreal Dr. Michel Panniset Principal Investigator University of Toronto (UHN), Toronto Dr. Lorraine Kalia Principal Investigator University of Ottawa, Ottawa Dr. David Grimes Co-Principal Investigator Western University, London Dr. Penny MacDonald Principal Investigator