Alona Shagan receives the Research Prize Parkinson-Tremor

The Parkinson's Foundation has received a donation earmarked for improving the treatment of Parkinson's tremor, and the foundation is delighted to announce the winners of the Parkinson's Tremor Research Award for the first time this year.

The prize is endowed with €50,000. The award will be given to scientifically sound concepts for the symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's tremors that could represent an alternative to deep brain stimulation.

Winners of the Tremor Research Award:
Dr. Alona Shagan Shomron (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems), Prof. Dr. Syn Schmitt (University of Stuttgart), and Prof. Dr. Daniel Häufle (Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen)

“Next generation of soft wearable assistive devices for tremor suppression based on electrohydraulic actuators”