Dr. Tanya Denne, a Baker High graduate who has been studying treatments for Parkinson’s disease since 2010, will participate in a free webinar titled “Women’s Health and Parkinson’s” on Wednesday, April 30.

The session is hosted by No Silver Bullet 4 PD.

“They are a UK-based highly credentialed free resource for Parkinson’s that interviews top experts in the field of PD and new cutting edge research advances,” Denne said. “I am extremely honored to be invited to speak on this platform relating to topics on women’s health in primary care and Parkinson’s disease.”

The webinar starts at 11:30 p.m. PDT. Register at https://tinyurl.com/p7fbwtmt. Another option to join at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85077476513.

The webinar is in partnership with PD Buddy App, a free digital tool that supports people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers.

Denne said the target audience is women who are 30 or older, especially those with a Parkinson’s diagnosis, men who have been diagnosed with PD, caregivers of women and those who support women who will go through menopause.

Denne is a naturopathic doctor and researcher. After graduating from Bastyr Medical School in Seattle, she accepted a residency for an integrative residency program affiliated with University of California, Irvine. Post-residency, she specializes in integrative medicine primary care with a focus on neurology, longevity, movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, and women’s health.

She continues to research Mucuna pruriens as a treatment for PD, a study she started in 2010 at Oregon Health and Science University. She recently returned from a Parkinson’s research project in Ghana, Africa, and has presented her findings in Spain and Pennsylvania.

“I see positive results in patients by focusing on integrative approaches with those diagnosed with neurological diseases and in primary care,” she said. “I feel fortunate to have found a profession that is tangibly rewarding for patients and their families.”