Professor of Neurology and former Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and NIHR Senior Investigator at the University of Sheffield and Director of: Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN); NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre; Sheffield Care and Research Centre for MND.
Her team investigates: genetic, molecular and neurochemical mechanisms underlying ALS/MND; new therapeutic targets and translates new neuroprotective and symptomatic treatment approaches into the clinic. She has received multiple national and international awards for her work which has in several ways improved quality of life and life expectancy for patients with MND.