Monday, November 23 | 1:00 PM ET, 7:00 PM CET

Join Empatica for a conversation that brings together clinical expertise, wearable technology, and lived experience to explore how everyday monitoring can support a fuller picture of Parkinson’s care

Hosted by Rosalind Picard, Empatica’s co-founder and Chief Scientist, the discussion features Dr. Alessandro Di Rocco, neurologist at Northwell Health, and Margie Alley, a Parkinson’s advocate living with the condition.
 

What we’ll cover:

  • Why Parkinson’s can be difficult to assess during a clinic visit
  • The challenges of describing symptoms and daily experiences between appointments
  • What it means for a treatment to be “working,” from patient and clinician perspectives
  • How wearable technology can help people and their care teams recognize patterns and support conversations about care
     

Who is this for

People living with Parkinson’s, family members, caregivers, advocacy communities, and the clinicians and other healthcare professionals who support them.


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Hear patient and clinician perspectives on how wearable technology can help connect everyday experiences with conversations about care. 

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Our special guests

Alessandro Di Rocco, MD

Neurologist, Northwell Health

Alessandro Di Rocco, MD, is Professor of Neurology at the Zucker School of Medicine and System Director for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders at Northwell Health. His work focuses on models of care for Parkinson’s, particularly advanced disease, and he serves as a consultant to the World Health Organization and a board member of the Parkinson’s Foundation

 

Margie Alley

Parkinson’s advocate

Margie was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2012 at the age of 48. She recently retired after 24 years as a school social worker for children with learning disabilities. Margie plays competitive table tennis and has been a PingPongParkinson world champion. She also advocates for people with Parkinson’s and was chosen as an Ambassador for the 2026 World Parkinson Congress in Phoenix, Arizona. An active member of the Parkinson’s community, she enjoys biking and cross-country skiing when there’s enough snow.

 

Our host

Rosalind Picard, ScD

Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Empatica

Rosalind “Roz” Picard, ScD, is Empatica’s Chief Scientist and co-founder, as well as the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT. She founded and directs the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab and is internationally recognized for pioneering affective computing and advancing wearable technologies that use physiological data to improve health.

 

 

About Empatica

Empatica develops clinically validated wearable devices that help people and their care teams better understand health through everyday monitoring.