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The seminar, “A Journey from a Voxel to a Clinical Application for Parkinsonism,” will be held March 10
March 1, 2021
David Vaillancourt, Ph.D., chair and professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, will present to the UF Informatics Institute at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Thursday, March 10 at 12 p.m. ET - Register at informatics.research.ufl.edu
Title: A Journey from a Voxel to a Clinical Application for Parkinsonism
Abstract: Across the globe, there has been a considerable growth in the number of people diagnosed with Parkinsonism. Estimates indicate that from 1990 to 2015 the number of Parkinsonism diagnoses doubled, with more than 6 million people currently carrying the diagnosis, and by year 2040, 12 and 14.2 million people will be diagnosed with Parkinsonism. Parkinson’s disease (PD), multiple system atrophy Parkinsonian variant (MSAp), and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are neurodegenerative forms of Parkinsonism, which can be difficult to diagnose as they share similar motor and non-motor features, and they each have an increased chance of developing dementia. In the first five years of a PD diagnosis, estimates suggest that about 58% of PD are misdiagnosed, and of these misdiagnoses about half have either MSA or PSP. There is a critical need to develop valid, non-invasive biomarkers for Parkinsonian syndromes. I will take you on our journey from an initial laboratory finding using imaging in Parkinson’s disease, to now leveraging the power of machine learning and the internet to test models that predict differential diagnosis in Parkinsonism with potential far reaching impact.
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