Dr. Connie Marras trained in neurology and movement disorders at the University of Toronto and subsequently obtained a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Toronto and further training in epidemiologic research methods at the Parkinson’s Institute in California. She is currently a professor of neurology at the University of Toronto and holds the Catherine Manson Chair in Movement Disorders at the Toronto Western Hospital. She also serves as co-chair of the MDS Study Group for Nomenclature of Genetically Determined Movement Disorders, and she is vice-chair of the research ethics board of the University Health Network in Toronto. Her research focus includes the epidemiology and clinical expression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and evaluating clinical assessment tools in PD.