Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc
Neurology, Movement Disorders and Aging
I am a neurologist with a focus on motor and cognitive aspects of brain aging and potential therapeutic interventions. My clinical research also explores outcomes following therapeutic interventions for specific movement disorders, like Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders, like essential tremor (ET) and other movement disorders of aging. I lead a multidisciplinary research team dedicated to improving how we measure and enhance function and quality of life for people with movement disorders. The long-term goal of my work is to translate learnings from clinical epidemiology to patient care and clinical trials, while supporting operational innovation to translate research into real-world impact. Another long-term objective is to build and sustain collaborative teams and to mentor the next generation of clinician-investigators in neurology.
Areas of Research
- Clinical epidemiology of essential tremor (ET), PD, parkinsonism, and mechanisms of associated cognitive impairment
- Long-term motor and cognitive trajectories of with ET, PD, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and other forms of dementia.
- Digital technologies to aid clinical outcome assessment and real-world clinical management of Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders
- Novel therapeutic interventions and clinical trials for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor
- Innovation in academic-industry-government interfaces and public-private partnerships
What's Happening
Come join us at the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT)
