Camila Aquino

Camila Aquino

MD; MSc; PhD.
Pronouns: She/Her

Positions

Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences

Full Member

Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Contact information

Phone number

Office: (403) 220-8679

Preferred method of communication

Admin support: Rowena Manuel (rowena.manuel@ucalgary.ca)

Research Assistant: Carolina De La Rosa Jaimes (carolina.delarosa1@ucalgary.ca)

Background

Educational Background

M.D. Medicine, Escola Superior de Ciencias da Santa Casa, 2005

M.S. Health Research Methods, Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University, 2020

M.S. Neurosciences, Federal University of Sao Paulo, 2012

Ph.D. Neurosciences, Federal University of Sao Paulo, 2019

Research

Areas of Research

Movement Disorders
Activities

My research interest focuses on addressing the unmet needs of people living with movement disorders.

With a Health Research Methodology background, I aim to develop symptomatic and neuroprotective clinical trials for Parkinson’s Disease using innovative designs, including precision-medicine approaches for selection of study population, intervention at early stages, and optimization of outcome assessments.

I am also interested in the evaluation of outcomes and expansion of indications for neuromodulation therapies, such a Deep Brain Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, and MRgFUS.

I am a member of the Parkinson Study Group, a group dedicated to the design and implementation of clinical trials in Parkinson’s Disease, and a member of the Evidence-Based Medicine Committee of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Publications