2025 Patient Engagement in Research Grant

Parkinson Canada announces the funding results of this first iteration of the 2025 Patient Engagement in Research Grant.

Parkinson Canada is committed to strengthening the connection between researchers and the Parkinson’s community by creating new avenues for involving people affected by Parkinson’s (PaP) throughout the research process. To help catalyze the involvement of PaP in research, we launched a new grant program to support activities and initiatives that meaningfully engage the community and work toward embedding the voices and experiences of PaP within Parkinson’s research.

We’re happy to announce the funding results of this first iteration of this program and showcase the projects that have been successful! We’d also like to thank all of our applicants for their dedication and focus on improving the lives of those living with Parkinson’s.

Floriane Bretheau, Laval University 

Parkinson’s education initiative: translating Parkinson’s disease awareness and knowledge to Indigenous communities 

Jon Doan, University of Lethbridge 

Jumping the Gap – The needs, interests, and outcomes for exercise-based research amongst people living with Parkinson disease in regional-rural centres

Hugh Johnston, Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) 

TWH Movement Disorders Clinic Patient Advisory Board – Social Work Services in Parkinson’s Video Series 

Allyson Page, Western University 

Communicative Participation in Parkinson’s Disease: Amplifying Lived Experiences through Video Narratives 

Nadia Scantlebury, University of Toronto 

A patient-led discussion to inform gender and cultural diversity among Parkinson’s cohorts undergoing focused ultrasound for predominant tremor