University College London
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Hampstead Campus. Rowland Hill St.
London
NW3 2PF
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Prof. Dr. Anthony SchapiraProf. Dr. Anthony Schapira, DSc, FRCP, FMedSci is Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the UCL Institute of Neurology.
He is a clinical neuroscientist with special expertise in mitochondrial dysfunction and is a Parkinson disease (PD) specialist. His areas of interest include the molecular pathogenesis of PD, particularly with reference to the contribution of mitochondrial and lysosomal abnormalities to PD. He has published widely on PD and more recently on the contribution of GBA1 mutations and lysosomal dysfunction in PD.
He will be closely involved in WP1, collaborating with University Luebeck to recruit patient samples for biochemical study to define the phenotype of primary and secondary mitochondrial abnormalities related to the cause of Parkinson disease.
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Ruth-Mary deSouzaRuth-Mary deSouza is a clinician undertaking a PhD in Professor Schapira's lab.
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Dr. Philip CampbellDr. Philip Campbell is a clinical fellow undertaking a PhD in Professor Schapira’s lab. His work in the project will contribute to the generation of genetically and phenotypically stratified PD cohorts and biomaterials in WP1 by investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in monogenic PD patients.
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John HarveyJohn Harvey is a Research Assistant working at the UCL Institute of Neurology.
He will co-ordinate patient recruitment in the UK, undertaking clinical assessments and genetic analysis of the cohort to support WP1. John studied Neuroscience MSc at The University of Sheffield, and has research interests in mitochondrial dysfunction in PD, early-onset PD and neurogenetics.
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Emmeline BrownEmmeline Brown is a research assistant at the department of clinical & movement neurosciences at the UCL Institute of Neurology.
She specialises in genetic characterisation of Parkinson's disease patient cohorts and data analysis and will be involved in WP1.