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Congratulations to Dr Kyla-Louise Horne, who has just been announced as the recipient of our Emerging Research Fellowship for 2023.

A grant of $180,000 will support her two-year research project, examining how and why hallucinations occur in Parkinson’s disease.

Dr Horne graduated with a PhD from the University of Canterbury in 2018 and is now working as a Research Fellow at the University of Otago, Christchurch.

Based at the New Zealand Brain Research Institute, her project has the potential to vastly improve the lives of those living with the condition.

CMRF director Melissa Haberfield says the Foundation is “delighted” to play a part in supporting Dr Horne with her research.

“Dr Horne is an incredibly talented local researcher and we are so excited by the potential outcomes of this project. Most of us know or have heard of, someone with Parkinson’s disease. Investing in this Fellowship is about supporting an emerging researcher to develop their research career and to create a positive outcome in an area of health that affects many people in our community.

Dr Horne spoke to RNZ’s Jesse Mulligan about the project, which you can listen to here.

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