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Personal profile
Biography
I'm an academic neurologist who trained in Cambridge and London before taking my current position at the University of Edinburgh, Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic.
Qualifications
BSc (Med Sci)
MBChB (Hons)
PhD
Research Interests
Regenerative neurology spanning two principal themes. First: developing and improving existing techniques to measure the impact of regenerative therapies in brain diseases, and second: developing techniques to stratify phenomenologically defined patient groups according to the undelying pathology - i.e. stratified medicine in the neurodegenerative disorders.
Current Research Interests
Development of new techniques to measure information processing deficits in people with multiple sclerosis.
Visiting and Research Positions
Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Honorary Consultant Neurologist
My research in a nutshell
The big challenge in 21st century neurology is to develop treatments that can slow, stop, or reverse the loss of brain cells in neurodegenerative diseases like the dementias, motor neurone disease, and MS.
Part of the reason why we don't already have these treatments is because we lack the tools to measure neuroprotection and brain repair in clinical trials. My work aims to develop the measurement tools we need.
Separately, by defining diseases through their symptoms rather than through the underlying (patho)biology, most patients in any regenerative neurology trial will have little prospect of benefit. I also work on methods to ""stratify" neurodegenerative diseases so that the right person gets the right treatment at the right time.
Research students
1) Miss Ramune Margeviciute (Impairment of visual cognition in MS)
2) Dr Daisy Mollison (The relationship between white matter pathology and cognitive impairment in MS)
Clinical Expertise and Specialisation
Consultant neurologist (GMC: 6026456)
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Autologous mesenchymal stem cells as a neuroprotective therapy for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, University of Cambridge
Award Date: 1 Jan 2014
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Glasgow
Award Date: 1 Jan 2001
Bachelor of Science, University of Glasgow
Award Date: 1 Jan 1999
Keywords
- RZ Other systems of medicine
- Neurology
- regeneration
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Optical coherence tomography in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: cross-sectional and longitudinal exploratory analysis from the MS-SMART randomised controlled trial
De Angelis, F., Cameron, J. R., Eshaghi, A., Parker, R., Connick, P., Stutters, J., Plantone, D., Doshi, A., John, N., Williams, T., Calvi, A., MacManus, D., Barkhof, F., Chandran, S., Weir, C. J., Toosy, A., Chataway, J. & MS-SMART trial investigators, 18 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Brain reserve and physical disability in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
John, N., Li, Y., De Angelis, F., Stutters, J., Prados Carrasco, F., Eshaghi, A., Doshi, A., Calvi, A., Williams, T., Plantone, D., Phan, T., Barkhof, F., Chataway, J. & MS-SMART Investigators, 7 Sept 2024, In: BMJ Neurology Open. 6, 2, p. e000670Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fatigue in early multiple sclerosis; MRI metrics of neuroinflammation, relapse and neurodegeneration
Meijboom, R., Foley, P., Macdougall, N., Mina, Y., York, E., Kampaite, A., Mollison, D., Kearns, P. K. A., White, N., Thrippleton, M., Murray, K., Del c valdés hernández, M., Reich, D. S., Connick, P., Jacobson, S., Nair, G., Chandran, S., Waldman, A. & FutureMS Consortium, 14 Aug 2024, In: Brain Communications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patterns of brain atrophy in recently-diagnosed relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Meijboom, R., York, E. N., Kampaite, A., Harris, M. A., White, N., Valdés Hernández, M. D. C., Thrippleton, M. J., MacDougall, N. J. J., Connick, P., Hunt, D. P. J., Chandran, S., Waldman, A. D. & FutureMS Consortium, 28 Jul 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 7, p. e0288967Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Systematic, comprehensive, evidence-based approach to identify neuroprotective interventions for motor neuron disease: using systematic reviews to inform expert consensus
Wong, C., Gregory, J. M., Liao, J., Egan, K., Vesterinen, H. M., Ahmad khan, A., Anwar, M., Beagan, C., Brown, F. S., Cafferkey, J., Cardinali, A., Chiam, J. Y., Chiang, C., Collins, V., Dormido, J., Elliott, E., Foley, P., Foo, Y. C., Fulton-Humble, L. & Gane, A. B. & 30 others, , 1 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Open. 13, 2, p. e064169Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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ESMRMB 2019
Meijboom, R. (Presenter), Valdes Hernandez, M. (Contributor), Wiseman, S. (Contributor), York, B. (Contributor), Colville, S. (Contributor), Chandran, S. (Contributor), Connick, P. (Contributor) & Waldman, A. (Contributor)
3 Oct 2019 → 5 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research 2021
Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator), Carragher, N. (Co-investigator), Connick, P. (Co-investigator), Grant, S. (Co-investigator), Hunt, D. (Co-investigator), Mahad, D. (Co-investigator), Marshall, I. (Co-investigator), Miron, V. (Co-investigator), Priller, J. (Co-investigator), Smith, C. (Co-investigator), Tavares, A. (Co-investigator), Waldman, A. (Co-investigator) & Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator)
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Northern Hub: Infrastructure Recruitment Working Group
Connick, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/19 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
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FutureMS: Clinical, laboratory, and genomic predictors of disease activity in people with newly diagnosed relapsing-onset MS
Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator), Connick, P. (Co-investigator) & Waldman, A. (Co-investigator)
UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities
1/04/17 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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MS-STAT2: A phase 3 randomised, double blind, clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of repurposed simvastatin compared to placebo in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, in slowing the progression of disability
Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator) & Connick, P. (Co-investigator)
1/03/17 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Information processing deficits in multiple sclerosis.
Connick, P. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/15 → 30/04/15
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data from: Drug repurposing: a systematic approach to evaluate candidate oral neuroprotective interventions for secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
Vesterinen, H. M. (Creator), Connick, P. (Creator), Irvine, C. M. J. (Creator), Sena, E. S. (Creator), Egan, K. J. (Creator), Carmichael, G. G. (Creator), Tariq, A. (Creator), Pavitt, S. (Creator), Chattaway, J. (Creator), Macleod, M. R. (Creator), Chandran, S. (Creator) & Chataway, J. (Creator), Dryad, 23 Mar 2016
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8qd33
Dataset
Press/Media
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MS sufferers invited to join new gut bacteria study led by Dr Peter Connick
16/06/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research