Uncovering the genetic basis of complex and monogenic Parkinson’s disease: Why 10,000 Australian patients are spitting for science.

Associate Professor Miguel Renteria leads the Computational Neurogenomics Laboratory within the Mental Health & Neuroscience Program at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia. Miguel obtained his degree in Genomics from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, before doing his PhD in Human Genetics at the University of Queensland. He undertook postdoctoral training at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the USA and is a Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, an initiative of the Global Brain Health Institute at the University of California San Francisco. He is the Principal Investigator of the Australian Parkinson’s Genetics Study (APGS) and co-lead of the Australian Monogenic Parkinson’s Disease Initiative (MonoPDAus).