Reta Lila Weston Institute
The Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies
The Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies was founded in 1977 through a generous bequest from the Reta Lila Weston Trust for Medical Research, with the aim of furthering knowledge about stroke and neurodegenerative disorders.
We have an active programme of research into stroke and movement disorders, with particular emphasis on parkinsonian disorders, including idiopathic Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele Richardson Olszewski Syndrome).
We are linked with the UCL Institute of Neurology, the Queen Square Brain Bank, the Sara Koe PSP Research Centre and the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and carry out collaborative and interdisciplinary research combining clinico-pathological, genetic and cell biological approaches.
News
Professor Tom Warner takes over as new Director
Following Professor Andrew Lees' retirement last year, Professor Tom Warner took over as the Director of the Reta Lila Weston Institute on 1st January 2013. Prior to 2013 Professor Warner worked in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology and as a consultant neurologist at the Royal Free Hospital and National Hospital of Neurology in London and in 2011 was appointed Professor of Clinical Neurology at the UCL Institute of Neurology in London.
His major research interests are into the cellular pathogenesis of hereditary movement disorders including dystonia and parkinsonism as well as clinical studies in Huntington’s disease and experimental therapeutic trials in Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders.
Page last modified on 18 mar 13 21:38
