PPRI Chair in Parkinson’s Research Team
Dr. Jon Stoessl, Professor of Neurology at UBC, editor-in-chief of Movement Disorders, and former Director of the PPRC.
Dr. Jon Stoessl
Dr. Jon Stoessl is a professor of Neurology at UBC, editor-in-chief of Movement Disorders, and the past Canada Research Chair in Parkinson’s Disease. He is also the former Director of the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre (PPRC). He has served on numerous other editorial boards including Lancet Neurology and Annals of Neurology. He has chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of the Parkinson’s Foundation and has completed a term as President of the World Parkinson Coalition. He is a Member of the Order of Canada. Dr. Stoessl uses positron emission tomography to study Parkinson’s, including imaging biomarkers, the basis for complications of treatment and mechanisms of the placebo effect. He has published more than 300 papers and book chapters and has been cited more than 15,000 times in scientific literature.