The University of Luxembourg has announced that it is looking for participants for a study on Parkinson's Research.

Developing a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease and its various symptoms allows researchers to find new methods enabling earlier diagnosis and better treatment. In order to achieve this important objective, the research team is actively looking for more study participants; both people with Parkinson disease as well as healthy people over the age of 65 years can participate in the study.

How does it work? Investing only a couple hours a year, participants can support the Luxembourgish Parkinson research by participating in several tests, such as dexterity, sense of smell or memory tests. The data will be treated confidentially and there will be no changes to the patients’ Parkinson's treatment.

Who conducts the study? The Luxembourgish Parkinson Study is a joint Research program of different research institutions in Luxembourg supported by the Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) with the objective to combine the expert knowledge about the Parkinson disease. Partners are the Centre Hospitalier Luxembourg (CHL), the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL), the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), as well as the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg.

How can candidates participate? Interested candidates can get in touch with the research team either by coming to the contact points across Luxembourg in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette, Leudelange or Wasserbillig, or contact them via phone or email to set up a personal appointment.
 
Parkinson patients: tel: 4411-4848; e-Mail: parkinson@chl.lu

Healthy persons (control group): tel: 2697-0889, e-Mail: maura.minelli@lih.lu

For more information, see www.parkinson.lu.