Research groups and themes

Our research activity truly spans “from bench to bedside and back again”, described in more detail on the personal websites of the members:

• Microglial biology in neurodegeneration & neuroinflammation /Cell Signalling Laboratory – Jennifer Pocock
• Pathophysiology of neuroinflammation & new treatment strategies/ Experimental neuroinflammation – Kenneth Smith
• Understanding damage and repair using MRI – Olga Ciccarelli
• Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers - Neuroimmunology Unit
• Developing quantitative MRI imaging biomarkers – Claudia Wheeler-Kingshott
• Optimising MRI measures of neuroprotection and repair/ Diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic monitoring in MS/ MRI & pathology in MS/ Mechanisms of disability and recovery in MS– David Miller
• Studying the MS grey matter - Declan Chard
• Investigator-led and commercial clinical trials in MS / Queen Square MS Centre – Jeremy Chataway, Olga Ciccarelli, Raj Kapoor, David Miller
• Optic neuritis – Ahmed Toosy
• Neuropathology and brain bank / NeuroResource Tissue Bank– Jia Newcombe