INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS:

"In 2017, we were all reminded about the 200th anniversary of James Parkinson’s “Essay on the Shaking Palsy”. To mark this occasion, the Journal of Parkinson’s Disease (JPD) published an open access special issue highlighting eight of the most important advances in Parkinson’s research over the past 60 years.

Once we began discussing what the future might hold, we speculated that we might see more advances in the treatment and care of Parkinson’s during the coming 20 years than were evident during the preceding 200 years. Thus, the idea of a collection of short, forward-looking and visionary articles was born."

We are now pleased to share news of our latest open access special issue that looks to the future! This new issue of JPD (Volume 8, Supplement 1) focuses on the next 20 years of PD research covering a range of topics and new therapies. All articles from this issue can be viewed by clicking the links below, or access the entire issue via the following link: http://tiny.cc/JPD20.

JPD is working in partnership with The Cure Parkinson’s Trust (CPT) and Parkinson’s Movement to concisely capture a snapshot of the science of PD and translate it to deliver better understanding for all. Linked to this initiative, a series of Quarterly Parkinson's Webinars was launched to bring the discussion of specific research topics into the open, so the whole process of rating research will become even more transparent.

The most recent webinar, held in early December, was a great success. A video of the webinar can be viewed by clicking on the image below or online here. We encourage you to allocate some time to view this interesting discussion, which was based around therapies targeting the genetics of Parkinson's disease.

The host was JPD Editor-in-Chief Patrik Brundin and panellists included Benjamin Stecher, Ron N. Alcalay, Ziv Gan-Or, Gaurav Gupta, and Jonathan Silverstein. The discussion focused on recent research studies from genetics to the clinic. Watch out for news on the next webinar here.

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