| Professor Neil Scolding |
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Professor of Clinical Neurosciences
at the University of Bristol.
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Neil Scolding moved to Bristol in 1999 and began then to establish the current MS team at Frenchay. He has been involved in multiple sclerosis research and treatment for some twenty years. Much of his current research concentrates on stem cells and MS, and in particular on the development and testing of bone marrow derived stem cell therapies for patients with MS. The first clinical trial of this form of therapy is currently nearing completion at Frenchay.
Professor Scolding serves on the Executive Committee of ECTRIMS - the European Consortium for Treatment and Research in MS - and is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Multiple Scerosis and a number of other neurological journals.
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| Dr David Cottrell |
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Consultant
Neurologist and Senior Clinical
Lecturer |
Dr Cottrell moved to Bristol in 2005 as an NHS consultant appointment
to
join the expanding clinical and research MS team at Frenchay. He runs
both
general neurology and MS clinics at Frenchay hospital and established
the
recent MS relapse clinic. He was awarded his BSc (Hons) in
pharmacology in
1991 and his medical degree in 1994 from Edinburgh University. He
recieved
his Neurology training at both Newcastle Upon Tyne and London,
Ontario,
Canada. He was awarded a PhD in mitochondrial genetics in 2001 from
the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne and has published widely in the
fields of
Multiple Sclerosis, Mitochondrial genetics, Ageing, and Alzheimer's
disease.
Dr Cottrell now specialises in Multiple Sclerosis and has a particular
interest in primary progressive MS. He is the principal investigator
and
local principal investigator for several MS treatment trials. He
helped
co-found the BrAMS charity in 2007 with the aim of improving MS
patient care
and research in the Bristol and Avon region. |
| Dr Alastair Wilkins |
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Consultant
and Senior Lecturer in Neurology
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Dr Wilkins moved to Bristol in 2007, having trained in neurology in Cambridge and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London.
His PhD was with Prof Alastair Compston, University of Cambridge and concerned mechanisms of nerve fibre degeneration in multiple sclerosis. He has done post-doctoral research at the University of Cambridge and University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Dr Wilkins is currently Senior Lecturer in Neurology, University of Bristol and Consultant Neurologist to Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals, Bristol.
His current research focuses on understanding mechanisms of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis and investigating potential new therapies, including growth factors, drugs and stem cell therapies. His research is based in the newly refurbished MS labs in the Burden Institute at Frenchay. |
| Shaun McCarthy |
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Fund Raising Manager
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Shaun McCarthy has had MS for 22 years and have been involved in fund-raising for MS for 15 years. He have organised many fund-raising events, running, swimming, auctions, raffles and many others. Although sometimes hard work, organising and taking part is great fun and can give a great feeling of satisfaction. |
