Dr MacDonald is a Movement Disorders Neurologist, Canada Research Chair Tier II in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, and Associate Professor in Neurology

London, ON
Joined June 2022
If you would like to be a part of this exciting Western-McGill collaboration, our lab is accepting new graduate students. Email: [email protected]. @WesternU @Brains_CAN
Today is #WorldParkinsonsDay. #Parkinsons affects 100,000+ Canadians and a diagnosis for the disease can take years. #WesternU researchers have teamed with researchers from @HBHLMcGill to identify biomarkers that will help diagnose Parkinson's earlier. news.westernu.ca/2022/04/new…
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Congratulations, @maggie_prenger on having your work published in J Neurosci and chosen for press promotion! Here's Maggie's interview with CBC's London Morning. cbc.ca/player/play/228317651…
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And thanks to @Comadork for co-supervising!
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Congratulations to @kvanhedger and family for becoming Canadian citizens! I think you made the right choice and we're so happy to have you here!
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Fantastic strategic planning meeting in #Montreal last week with @ParkinsonCanada @BrainCanada @ourypcan @ZivGanOr @MacDonaldLab1 @MGS_Lab @APStrafella and many more researchers/clinicians/province representatives across Canada studying #Parkinsons
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Dr. Oury Monchi (Director of C-OPN) and Dr. Penny MacDonald (Site Lead/Clinical Investigator of the new C-OPN London Site) were interviewed by 980 CFPL London Live. Click on the link below to listen to both interviews promoting this new London C-OPN Site! cms.megaphone.fm/channel/COR…
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Congrats to all presenters at @westernuCNS Research Day. Thanks MacDonald lab members who represented us so well! Special congrats to @ErindAlusci who shared best platform presentation by a grad student with @alaa_t_ and to @maggie_prenger who won best poster by a grad student!
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MacDonald Laboratory retweeted
#WesternU and UWOFA have reached a tentative agreement. The tentative deal means that classes will proceed as scheduled tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov 15.  UWOFA members and Western’s Board of Governors will soon vote on whether to ratify the agreement. uwo.ca/contractnegotiations/…
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Great job @maggie_prenger presenting at @bc_parkinson for Moving Forward, Together 2022!
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Our precious little angel and brave fighter, Oscar the Warrior, developed a life-threatening stomach ulcer and severe anaemia. If anyone has a cat with the rare Type B cat blood and is willing to make a donation, we will compensate you for your efforts and generosity.
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MacDonald Laboratory retweeted
Very grateful to receive this funding from @ParkinsonSWO and @MitacsCanada !
Six #WesternU graduate students have been awarded a @parkinsonswo's Graduate Student Scholarship! Congrats to @bahaaldinhelal, @mgilchrist97, @alaa_t_, @kearsleysarah, Samantha Marshal & Ben Law Thanks to @mitacscanada for supporting the call. brainscan.uwo.ca/_news/2022/… #Parkinsons
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Work on that manuscript... or see Sting... decisions, decisions... – at London, Ontario
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Happy 17th birthday, Emma! Thank you for making your own birthday cake! Good job! – at London, Ontario
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Congratulations @abdullahaljaja on a successful PhD defence with @NeuroBeats! So glad we got to celebrate with the captivating music of BÄM! – at London, Ontario
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MacDonald Laboratory retweeted
We are looking for healthy adolescents who would like to participate in an online study about emotion recognition. To learn more about this study or to participate, please contact: [email protected] #MentalHealth #SKResearch
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Thanks for the spotlight @DouglasResearch and the support from TOSI Open Science Institute @TheNeuro_MNI @FranAlons Open version of the commentary here: escholarship.mcgill.ca/conce…
5 min video interview with @lena_pl He speaks about his last article in @SchizBulletin #OpenScience & speech bank 👁️👁️youtu.be/qR0JE9pSNYc original article 👇doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac0…
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If you're going to take a break from science, it should be for something worthwhile - like spending an evening with Sir Paul.
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Our Diversity in Neuroscience Summer Internship program at #WesternU is now underway! Congratulations to the 12 outstanding students who have started work on their summer research projects spanning all areas of neuroscience. Learn about their projects: brainscan.uwo.ca/research/in…