About Joanne Lawrence

Joanne Lawrence has been providing support and advice to people who have bowel or bladder problems for nearly 20 years. Joanne holds an academic position at the Australian Catholic University where she teaches in the Faculty of Health Sciences. She is currently in the final stages of completing her PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, at Sydney University. Her study is the first one of its kind to explore how people with Parkinson's disease manage the very common problems of constipation and urinary frequency.