A 'Reach Out, Reach All' Webinar: Your questions answered - Dystonia and the Cerebellum

Join us...

...for our final 'Reach Out, Reach All' webinar of the year! We'll be joined by guest speakers, Dr Anna Sadnicka and Dr Hortensia Gimeno who will be giving a snapshot of the latest research looking at the role of the cerebellum in dystonia. Both will be presenting with the opportunity for you to ask your questions live too.

Where: Zoom

When: Tuesday 14th November 2023

Time: 17:30 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

We're delighted to bring this event to you for free, but if you'd like to support the work of Dystonia UK with a donation, thank you! If you have any questions about the upcoming event, please get in touch events@dystonia.org.uk. 

Dr Anna Sadnicka

Anna is a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and a Wellcome Trust Early Career Researcher at Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit. Her award-winning research combines behavioural experiments, electrophysiology, and computational models to shed light on dystonia mechanism. Anna has a particular emphasis on translating her research into novel movement retraining and neuromodulation strategies. Much of her research builds on ideas that have been sparked after conversations with individuals with dystonia. She looks forward to the opportunity of discussing the cerebellum and dystonia.

Dr Hortensia Gimeno

Dr Hortensia Gimeno is a Clinical Academic Occupational Therapist and works as an Associate Director of Therapies Research at Barts Health in East London. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University London with a strong ambition to improve the care of children and young people with movement disorders. She has 25 years of clinical experience and has achieved international recognition despite a lack of protected research time throughout her career. Dr Gimeno's work includes pioneering a rehabilitation intervention called the Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP), for children and young people with movement disorders. She started this project during her doctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health Research which took place from 2014 to 2017. Her research was amongst the first in the field of rehabilitation for movement disorders. Dr Gimeno also sits on a number of boards including  the International Cognitive Approaches Network Board of Directors, a Patient-driven Platform Network (https://mybrainnet.eu/advisory-board/), the neuro-rehabilitation working group for the European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Disorders and nationally, the British Academy of Childhood Disability Strategic Research Board.

Dystonia UK exists to give hope and support to everyone living with dystonia, and to create UK and worldwide awareness. We are children and adults with dystonia, carers and clinicians, fundraisers and families, medical professionals and our amazing members and supporters, all working side by side.

Disclaimer: This session is designed to answer general questions about dystonia. Any specific questions about your health situation should be directed to your primary medical team.