Trainee Representatives

GP2’s trainee representatives are available to help any trainee or potential trainee connect with GP2’s opportunities. Trainee representatives also serve as a bridge between GP2 core members and the training body. Together these nine individuals serve seven geographic regions. If you have a question about a GP2 training opportunity, or GP2 in general, reach out to the trainee representative from your region.

Africa

Arinola Omolara Sanyaolu, PhD
Arinola is a neuroscientist from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and her passion for translational research fueled her interest in neurodegenerative disorders.
Yi Wen, MSc
Yi's main focus is on the genetics of Early-onset Parkinson's disease in our multi-ethnic Malaysian populations that are highly under-represented in the literature.

Asia

Pin Jui Kung, MSc

Pin-Jui is a PhD Candidate addressing the integrative effects of genetic variants, circulating small non-coding RNA and environmental factors on the occurrence of early-onset PD and familial PD.

Meet Pin

Eastern Europe

Alexandra Zirra, MSc

Alex is from Romania and is currently based in London, training as a doctor, on her way to becoming a neurologist.

Meet Alex

Latin America

Paula Reyes-Perez, MSc
Paula is studying the genetic basis of Neuropsychiatric traits in Neurodegenerative disorders through bioinformatic and epidemiological approaches.
Paula Saffie Awad
Paula is a movement disorders neurologist that works in CETRAM (Centro de estudios de trastornos del movimiento) in Chile and studies a PhD in Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.