Dr. Caroline Tanner
Researcher
Parkinson's disease epidemiology • pesticide exposure • environmental risk factors
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About the expert
Focus: Parkinson's disease and environmental toxin epidemiology
Dr. Caroline Tanner is a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, specializing in Parkinson's disease epidemiology. She has conducted landmark epidemiological studies on the association between pesticide exposure and Parkinson's risk, including research on paraquat and rotenone.
Why this matters
Shows how environmental toxin exposure, particularly pesticides, may increase Parkinson's disease risk and neurological decline.