Professor Nick Ward

Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Department of Clinical and Motor Neuroscience, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London
Honorary Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London

His special clinical interest is in stroke and neurorehabilitation. In particular, he is clinical lead of the Queen Square Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation Programme

His research is concerned with the mechanisms and treatment of upper limb impairment after stroke, using neuroimaging, neurophysiology and behaviour (kinematics). He has current research funding from Stroke Association, Brain Reseach UK, UCL Biomedical Research Centre, Jon Moulton Charity Trust

Other Collaborations & Funding

Nick is co-director of ARMlab with Professor Sven Bestmann at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Nick collaborates with Lucinda Jarrett of Rosetta Life on her Stroke Odysseys project and is clinical lead for UCL on SHAPER - a ground-breaking Wellcome Trust funded £2M study of the impact of arts on health
Nick has collaborated with Professor Fiona Jones and Dr Ella Clarke in the area of self-management after stroke (National Institute of Health Research)
Nick has collaborated with Professor Avril Drummond and Dr Anna Kuppuswamy in investigating post-stroke fatigue (Stroke Association)
Nick was a co-investigator on the FAST-Indicate study led by Profssor Val Pomeroy, looking at the effect of two different types of upper limb treatment following stroke.
His team has received generous equipment funding from UCLH Charities and The National Brain Appeal - ARMlab has the first KINARM Exoskeleton in the UK for investigating sensorimotor deficits in the post-stroke upper limb