The EXPERTS-ALS programme includes co-applicants from BRCs (Sheffield, Oxford, Manchester, Newcastle, Exeter, Cambridge, UCL, KCL), DRIs (Edinburgh, Cardiff) and centres of excellence in ALS clinical trial delivery (Liverpool). Our partners are spread throughout the UK.
The EXPERTS-ALS co-applicants and collaborators will also link with the broader MND partnership within the UK MND Research Institute initiative. EXPERTS-ALS will harness skills and expertise across NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRC), Dementia Research Institute and clinical research networks. It will increase capacity and training for Experimental Medicine as well as therapeutic trial access for patients.
EXPERTS-ALS Co-Lead
The University of Sheffield
EXPERTS-ALS Co-Lead
University of Oxford
Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi
King's College London
Professor Siddharthan Chandran
The University of Edinburgh
Professor Linda Greensmith
University College London
Professor Dame Pamela Shaw
The University of Sheffield
Professor Kevin Talbot
University of Oxford
Dr Alexander Thompson
University of Oxford
Professor Peter Jüni
University of Oxford
Dr Bruno da Costa
University of Oxford
Professor Cindy Cooper
The University of Sheffield
Ms Diana Papaioannou
The University of Sheffield
Dr Ruben van Eijk
UMC Utrecht
Dr Andras Lakatos
University of Cambridge
Dr Helen Devine
Newcastle University
Professor Jonathan Mill
University of Exeter
Professor Stuart Allan
The University of Manchester
Dr Tom Massey
Cardiff University
Carolyn Young
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Andrea Malaspina
University College London
Mr Lee Millard
PPI Representative
Mr David Setters
PPI Representative
George Charlesworth Research Assistant
Alice Flanagan
Trial Support Officer
Rachel Glover
Trial Manager
Jamie Hall
Trial Manager
Noa Haynes
Research Assistant
Amanda Loban
Lead Data Manager
Cara Mooney
Senior Trial Manager
Emma Morvan
Research Assistant
Diana Papaioannou
CTRU Lead
Jennifer Petrie
Trial Manager
Rowena Seaton Kelly Research Assistant
Rich Simmonds
Data Manager
Lizzie Swaby
Senior Trial Manager
Ash Taylor
Data Management Assistant
Dr Elizabeth Gray Senior Clinical Project Manager
Dr Monica Passoni Clinical Research Project Manager
Dr Sama Mugloo
Post-doctoral Scientist
Alice Donaghue
Research Assistant
Prof Peter Jüni
Modelling Lead
Dr Bruno da Costa
Modelling Co-Lead
Dr Alex Thompson
Internal Advisor
Dr Ruben van Eijk
(University of Utrecht)
External Advisor
Luke Barron
Operations Manager
Alex Fairman
EXPERTS-ALS Project Manager
Emma Fargher
Academic Career Development and Communications Coordinator
Adam Smith
Sponsor Contact for Neuroscience
Erica Wallis
CRIO Coordinator
CTIMP Lead
Jemima Clarke
CRIO Coordinator
Laboratory Compliance Lead
Dr Andras Lakatos
Co-Lead
Prof Andrea Malaspina
Co-Lead
Prof Linda Greensmith
Head of Department of Neuromuscular Diseases (UCL)
Prof Giampietro Schiavo
Professor of Cellular Neuroscience (UCL)
Rita Gameiro
Clinical Research Nurse (UCL)
Dr Oliver Ziff
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Neurology (UCL)