Hear, Here, Parkinson’s! Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode co-hosts, WPC 2026 Ambassador Edgar Valdmanis and WPC Executive Director, Eli Pollard, have a delightful conversation about the impact of the World Parkinson Congress with WPC President, Roger Barker, BA, MBBS, PhD, MRCP, FMedSci who is the Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Honorary Consultant in Neurology at the University of Cambridge.

This podcast series is made possible with support from BlueRock Therapeutics.

Episode 1: An Introduction to Hear, Here, Parkinson’s! podcast with Edgar Valdmanis and WPC Executive Director, Eli Pollard.

This podcast series is made possible with support from BlueRock Therapeutics.

On Episode 4, Larry Gifford & Tim Hague Co-Founders of PD Avengers join the Podcast to talk about their advocacy work with PD Avengers and the lasting impact The World Parkinson Congress has had on their lives. 

Researcher, Leonidas Stefanis, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece, was our first speaker to kick off the WPC 2026 Research Spotlight Series this week, talking about Genetic synucleinopathies and Parkinson’s. He joins the Hear, Here Parkinson's Podcast to talk about his role as Chair of the WPC 2026 Program Committee, among other things. Listen now!

This podcast series is made possible with support from BlueRock Therapeutics.

In this episode we have the opportunity to speak with Chirine Katribe, PhD, from France Parkinson who is also a WPC 2026 Science Ambassador and shares about her own experience attending the WPC 2023 in Barcelona, her own research on Parkinson's, and how Parkinson France continues to create opportunities for their researchers to attend The World Parkinson Congress. 

On today's podcast we are joined by Denise and Bernard Coley who talk about Advocacy & CarePartners during this extra episode for Parkinson's Awareness Month.    

Sara Riggare, MSc, PhD, served as an Ambassador and as faculty for the third World Parkinson Congress in Montreal, Canada and the fourth World Parkinson Congress in Portland, Oregon and Bracelona, Spain.She is also an advisor to the conference Stanford Medicine X and a member of the British Medical Journal’s Patient Panel. She is an actively engaged patient with a vast network across the community and has her own blog www.riggare.se.

On this episode Podcast hosts, WPC 2026 Parkinson Ambassador, Edgar Valdmanis, and WPC Executive Director, Eli Pollard, interview special guest Dr. Michael Okun, a neurologist, neuroscientist, author and Director at The University of Florida Fixel Institute, and National Medical Advisor at the Parkinson's Foundation, as well as WPC 2023 Scientific Program Co-Chair.

Terry Ellis PhD, PT (USA) & Victor McConvey RN (Australia)

WPC 2026 Comprehensive Care Committee Program Co-chairs

Podcast Hosts: WPC 2026 Parkinson Ambassadors Edgar Valdmanis (Norway) & Guest Host, Margie Zimmerman (USA). 

In this episode of the Hear, Here Parkinson's Podcast, host Edgar Valdmanis is joined by special guest co-host WPC 2026 Science Ambassador Dr. Roberta Marongiu as they interview Podcast guest WPC Program Co-Chair, Malú G Tansey, a Professor of Neurology and the James A. Caplin MD, Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease at Indiana University School of Medicine and Director of Neuroimmunology Research Group & Executive Associate Director of Education at the Stark Neuroscience Research Institute.