Mary Baker, MBE

Mary Baker, MBE, is Patron and Immediate Past President of the European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA), a position she was elected to in 1992 when the EPDA was first formed. With a membership of 38 European Parkinson’s Patient Organisations, the EPDA is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to the promotion of the international understanding of PD. Mary is also President of the European Federation of Neurological Associations, Vice President of the European Brain Council, Consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Chair of the Working Group on Parkinson’s Disease formed by the WHO in May 1997.

In 2005 the Council of Europe appointed Mary as one of the patient representatives to serve on the Management Board of the EMA. In 2007 Mary was delighted to be appointed Honorary Member of the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Society for India. She is Director at Large for the World Stroke Association, former patient editor of the BMJ (and Chair of the BMJ Patient Advisory Group), member of the ABPI Code of Practice and has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey in recognition of her work within the world of Parkinson’s disease.

Mary has also received numerous awards in recognition of her work in the field of Neurology, including the European Woman of Achievement Award 2000, and the Human Communication International Award 2001