Contact details
Theme lead: Patrick Chinnery FMedSci
Patrick Chinnery FMedSci is a clinical neurologist with a sub-specialist interest in neurogenetics. A Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science since 2003, he has been studying the molecular and biochemical basis of mitochondrial disorders for over two decades. Until recently he was Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle University. In 2015 he moved to the University of Cambridge as Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. His research laboratory is within the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator (2010), was awarded the Foulkes Foundation Medal by the Academy of Medical Sciences (2011), and is a corresponding fellow of the American Neurological Association. He jointly chairs the NIHR Rare Diseases Translational Research Collaboration with John Bradley, and is Chair of the Medical Research Council Neurosciences and Mental Health Board. He has published over 500 papers on genetic neurological and mitochondrial disorders, including the first randomised controlled trial showing treatment effects in a mitochondrial disease.
Theme lead contact details
Email: pfc25@cam.ac.uk
| Name | Job title | Email address |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Patrick Chinnery FMedSci | Professor of Neurology, NIHR Senior Investigator, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow | pfc25@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Roger Barker | Theme lead for ‘Dementia and Neurodegenerative Disorders’ | rab46@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Edward Bullmore | Theme lead for ‘Mental Health’ | etb23@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Michael Coleman | Van Geest Professor of Neuroscience | mc469@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Alasdair Coles | Professor of Neuroimmunology | ajc1020@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Robin Franklin | Professor of Stem Cell Medicine at the Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | rjf1000@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Peter Hutchinson | NIHR Research Professor | pjah2@cam.ac.uk |
| Dr Joanne Jones | Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow | jls53@medschl.cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Hugh Markus | NIH Senior Investigator, Professor of Stroke Medicine | hsm32@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor David Menon | NIH Senior Investigator | dkm13@cam.ac.uk |
| Dr Evan Reid | ealr5@cam.ac.uk | |
| Dr Stefano Pluchino | European Research Council Investigator | spp24@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor David Rowitch | Professor of Paediatrics | dhr25@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Stephen Sawcer | Professor of Neurological Genetics | sjs1016@cam.ac.uk |
| Professor Massimo Zeviani | Director of the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit | mdz21@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk |