Fight Parkinson’s continues to support the Victorian Brain Bank Network (VBBN), auspiced by Melbourne University and the Mental Health Research Institute.

The VBBN collects and supports brain donation which provides vital tissue samples supporting research into Parkinson’s and Atypical Parkinson’s throughout the Asia-Oceanic region.

From 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019 the Brain Bank collected, processed, and stored 48 new brain donations, 11 cases were confirmed neuropathologically as either Parkinson’s or Atypical Parkinson’s.

Eight new or continuing Australian and international research projects have applied and been granted access to Parkinson’s-related tissues, quantifiable by the provision of 340 diseased and control brain samples.

Fight Parkinson’s funding helps support some of the direct costs associated with the collection of Parkinson’s (and related diseases) cases, including the cost of transfers from regional areas, allowing regional donors the opportunity to contribute to research.