Sleep and Parkinson's Disease

We are looking for a motivated master’s student (M1 or M2) to join the DreamTeam at the Institut du Cerveau to work on the SOMPARK project – a large, multi-centre observational study focused on sleep neurophysiology and clinical/cognitive profiles in patients with Parkinson’s disease and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD), a known risk factor for developing Parkinson’s or other neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, participants spend two nights and three days at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital sleep clinic, undergoing polysomnography recordings and a battery of clinical and cognitive assessments. The internship will primarily involve: - Assisting with electrode setup for polysomnography recordings - Acquiring data from attention and perception tasks with EEG - Conducting preliminary data analysis As the study includes a wide range of measurements, the exact focus of the analysis and final report can be tailored to the student’s interests and skills. The study has ethical approval, and data collection is already ongoing. Requirements: - Conversational French (for interacting with participants) - Interest in sleep, fatigue, or clinical neuroscience - Prior experience with programming is a plus For further information, please contact: claudia.albero@icm-institute.org