Nov 18 2011: Dr. Jon Stoessl

Dr. Jon Stoessl

Current Faculty & research appointments:

Director, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence at UBC, 2001-present;

Professor, UBC, 1996-present;

Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Parkinson’s Disease, 2000-present.

Director, CIHR Team in Parkinson’s Disease, 2001-present and MSFHR Research Unit in Parkinson’s Disease and Monoaminergic Function in the Central Nervous System, 2006-2010.

Head, Division of Neurology, UBC & Vancouver Hospital, 2010-

 

Other academic activities:

Neuroscience “A” committee, Medical Research Council of Canada, 1996-1999, 2000

Behavioural Sciences “B” committee, CIHR, 2001

Scientific Advisory Board, Parkinson Foundation of Canada, 1992-2002

Scientific Advisory Board, Tourette Syndrome Association (USA), 1992-2001

Scientific Advisory Panel, Huntington Society of Canada, 1991-1999

Research Committee, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 1991-1996 (Chairman 1994-96)

World Federation of Neurology Research Committee on Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2001-present (Councillor 2010- ).

Movement & Exercise Committee, CIHR, 2002-2005

Scientific Advisory Board, National Parkinson Foundation (US), 2000-

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Parkinson Society Canada, 2004-2009

Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1999-2003

Editorial Board, Movement Disorders, 2000-2003

Editorial Board, Annals of Neurology, 2001-

Editorial Board, Lancet Neurology, 2004-

Editorial Board, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2008-

Awards Committee, Movement Disorders Society, 2005-present (Chair, 2009- ).

International Executive Committee, Movement Disorders Society, 2009-

Interdisciplinary Adjudication Committee, Canada Research Chairs, 2009-2011 (Chair 2010-2011)

Co-Chair, Mentoring Committee, Parkinson Study Group, 2010-

Co-chair, World Parkinson Congress, Montreal 2013

 

 

Award & Honours:

Career Scientist Award, Ontario Ministry of Health, 1989-1996

Best Doctors (Canada) – 1996, 2007

Canada Research Chair  (Tier I) – Central Nervous System Disorders, 2000-

Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002

Donald B. Calne Lectureship, Parkinson Society of Canada, 2006

Bundy Visiting Professorship, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 2007

Member, Order of Canada, 2007

Fellow, American Academy of Neurology, 2008

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, 2009

 

Publications:

>230 papers & book chapters

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