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Jon Stoessl

Jon Stoessl is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jon Stoessl rather than just read about it. In short: Alexander Jon Stoessl is a Canadian neurologist and Parkinson's disease researcher. He is the director of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre and Parkinson's Foundation Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia (UBC).

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Reference excerpt

Alexander Jon Stoessl is a Canadian neurologist and Parkinson's disease researcher. He is the director of the Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre and Parkinson's Foundation Centre of Excellence at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is also the head of the division of neurology at this university. He is past President of the World Parkinson Coalition.

Early life and education Stoessl was born in London, England. In 1960, when Stoessl was a child, he and his family moved from England to London, Ontario, after his father was offered a job in Canada. He received his medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1979, after which he completed an internship at McGill University and a residency in neurology at the University of Western Ontario, where he studied alongside Alastair Buchan.

Career In 1984, Stoessl joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia, where he worked on the positron emission tomography program with Donald Calne for two years. He then worked at the Neuroscience Research Centre in the UK for two years in the late 1980s. In 1996, he joined the faculty of UBC again, where he has remained ever since.

Scientific work In 2001, Stoessl published a paper in Science which found that the placebo effect in Parkinson's disease might be due to patients' anticipation of benefit, and that substantial dopamine is released in the brains of Parkinson's patients in response to placebo administration. Subsequent research by Stoessl has found that dopamine is released in the brain of Parkinson's patients when they are given a placebo, but only if they are told the probability of it being a real drug is 75 percent. He has said that "In Parkinson's, as in many other conditions, there is an important placebo response and that can be measured with clinical outcomes."

Awards and honors Stoessl holds a Canada Research Chair. He was awarded the fourth annual Donald Calne Lectureship in 2006 by Parkinson Society Canada and was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007.

References

External links Jon Stoessl publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jon Stoessl

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jon Stoessl claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jon Stoessl before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jon Stoessl ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jon Stoessl

In research: Jon Stoessl appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jon Stoessl in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jon Stoessl is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of the University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chairs, Canadian neurologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jon Stoessl outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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