Canadian Open Parkinson Network

Clinical Trials Research

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. 

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