ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Taylor Stevenson is a third year PhD student studying
Parkinson’s disease at the Centre for Brain Research
at the University of Auckland. Taylor is a recipient
of the Gillespie Postgraduate Scholarship from the
Neurological Foundation.

Taylor is investigating the cell types in the human brain that
are not neurons and how they are affected in Parkinson’s
disease. This research focuses on non-neuronal cell types
in the human brain, particularly those involved in the
blood vessel network. His experiments investigate how
non-neuronal cells cope with the pathological protein in
Parkinson’s disease and specialises in early detection of
Parkinson’s disease in the olfactory bulb, one of the first
areas of the brain to be affected in cases of Parkinson’s
disease.

Parkinson’s disease is the second most common
neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease
and affects approximately 11,000 people in New Zealand,
however the number of people affected by this condition
continues to grow year on year.

EVENT DETAILS

Location: Orewa Arts & Events Centre,
80 Riverside Road, Orewa

The doors for registration and seating
will open at 6.00 pm. There will be a mix
and mingle period after the event where
refreshments and food will be served.
There is free parking available onsite.