Patient Education for People with Parkinson's Disease and their Carers: A Manual

Dr Marcia Smith Pasqualini is a clinical and academic neuropsychologist, currently working as an associate professor at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University and her PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr Smith Pasqualini’s primary area of research is the social neuroscience of emotion and facial expression. She was employed as a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth for nine years, and was the Principal Investigator for the United Kingdom for the EduPark project.

Dr Gwenda Simons is a social psychologist, currently working as a research associate in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. Dr Simons received her MA in social psychology from the University of Amsterdam, and her PhD from the University of Portsmouth. She has published research articles in the area of facial expression and emotion, with a particular interest in people with Parkinson’s disease. Dr Simons worked as a research associate at the University of Portsmouth for the EduPark project.