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Nurse/Lecturer until retired after husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's. I have Hereditary Hyperosmia and discovered that people with Parkinson's have a unique smell. The question at Parkinson's UK lecture was, "Why do we not use the smell of Parkinson's to diagnose it earlier." A proof of Concept study at the MRCP in Edinburgh produced surprising results as I pre-diagnosed one of the control group. This led to a seven-year study at Manchester University to find an early biomarker for Parkinson's disease.
The discovery of a biomarker for Parkinson's disease with the Barran Group at Manchester University has been a pleasure with all of the ups and downs that such a project gives those involved, I treasure their friendship, and the investigation into sebum has surprised us all; (see papers published)
Extensions to that research, work,
TRaPCAf - Africa and Parkinson’s, Perdi and I will be attending the Conference at Newcastle University for the work starting across Africa in Parkinson’s disease; and
Tuberculosis, working with APOPO in Tanzania, and the work is now progressing at Manchester University. To put this in context, 5000 people die a day of TB in the world, 1.5 of those are small children who cannot cough up sputum to be diagnosed so they die, we did extensive testing in April in Tanzania, and I detected TB in sputum, sebum, urine, and breathomics, it should make a difference.
YOPD, Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease, which Les was one; I am now a Trustee on the board;
Women in Parkinson’s, chaired by Cure Parkinson’s Trust involving Helen Mathews, the CEO, where we have made considerable strides in the recognition that women are different and they have pesky hormone cycles that men do not have, which leads to a different profile in women with Parkinson's;
Helped to design and write part of a survey for the MJFF Foundation on all aspects of Hormonal change in Women, periods, childbearing, postpartum, perimenopause, and menopause;
An advocate for the World Parkinson’s Coalition and an Advocate at the Congress this year in Barcelona, where I will be involved as a host and facilitator, hence the signature;
WPC Parkinson’s Women’s Group I have played a small part in producing a booklet for the Congress. It is now being translated into over 15 languages and will be presented at the Congress in July. My chapter is “Pores for Thought’, excess sebum and how it affects women’s everyday lives;
Parkinson’s UK, I lecture for them throughout the UK but have also helped to produce a Course for Healthcare Professionals in understanding the ‘burden of care’ for Carers and the Family;
The WHO iSupport for Carers in Dementia and adapt it to Parkinson’s as an online aid to everyday living with Parkinson’s, I am head PPI for this research.
I have undertaken many media presentations in the hope that people will begin to understand the complexities of and the problems of living with an incurable disease such as Parkinson's.
See TEDx Manchester 2023 Manchester.
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Scientific Reportsno. 1 (2024): 1-8
biorxiv(2023)
Nicola Rooney,Drupad K Trivedi,Eleanor Sinclair, Caitlin Walton Doyle,Monty Silverdale,Perdita Barran,Tilo Kunath, Steve Morant,Mark Somerville, Jayde Smith, Julie Jones-Diette, Jenny Corish,Joy Milne, Claire Guest
medrxiv(2023)
Nicola Rooney,Drupad K Trivedi,Eleanor Sinclair,Caitlin Walton Doyle,Monty Silverdale,Perdita Barran,Tilo Kunath,Steve Morant,Mark Somerville, Jayde Smith, Julie Jones-Diette, Jenny Corish,Joy Milne,Claire Guest
medrxiv(2023)
semanticscholar(2022)
crossref(2021)
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#Papers: 16
#Citation: 278
H-Index: 7
G-Index: 9
Sociability: 4
Diversity: 2
Activity: 14
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