Meet the Team
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.
Professor Chris McDermott
EXPERTS-ALS Co-Lead
The University of Sheffield
Professor Martin
Turner
Turner
EXPERTS-ALS Co-Lead
University of Oxford
Co-Applicants
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
Mrs Nicola Waters
PPI Representative
EXPERTS-ALS Site Principal Investigators
The EXPERTS-ALS platform will recruit patients from 11 clinical centres/networks:
Prof Ammar Al-Chalabi - King’s College London
Dr Amina Chaouch - Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Tim Harrower - University of Exeter
Prof Christopher McDermott - The University of Sheffield
Prof Andrea Malaspina - University College London
Dr Tom Massey - South Wales MND Network
Dr Suvankar Pal - University of Edinburgh
Dr Rhys Roberts - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Siva Sathasivam - The Walton Centre, Liverpool
Prof Martin Turner - University of Oxford
Dr Tim Williams - Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Participating centres
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (Salford)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Forth Valley (Edinburgh)
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (Liverpool)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (South Wales)
King's College (London) Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield ctru team
Jennifer Petrie
Trial Manager
Sienna Hamer-Kiwacz Research Assistant
Professor Cindy Cooper
CTRU Director
Ms Diana Papaioannou
CTRU Lead
Rowena Seaton Kelly Research Assistant
Alice Flanagan
Trial Support Officer
Amanda Loban
Lead Data Manager
Rich Simmonds
Data Manager
Ash Taylor
Data Management Assistant
oxford ctru team
Dr Monica Passoni Clinical Research Project Manager
Miss Benazir Amein Research Assistant
Dr Sama Mugloo
Post-doctoral Scientist
Dr Elizabeth Gray Senior Clinical Project Manager
oxford NFL team
Prof Peter Jüni
NFL modelling
Dr Bruno da Costa
NFL modelling
Dr Alex Thompson
NFL modelling
Dr Ruben van Eijk
(University of Utrecht)
NFL modelling
NIHR sheffield brc team
Luke Barron
Operations Manager
Alex Fairman
EXPERTS-ALS Project Manager
Emma Fargher
Academic Career Development and Communications Coordinator
sheffield clinical research and innovation team
Alessia Dunn
CRIO Coordinator
Sponsor Contact for Neuroscience
Erica Wallis
CRIO Coordinator
CTIMP Lead
Jemima Clarke
CRIO Coordinator
Laboratory Compliance Lead
translational science development team
Dr Andras Lakatos
Co-Lead
Prof Andrea Malaspina
Co-lead
Prof Linda Greensmith
Head of Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Scientific Director UCL Queen Square MND Centre
Prof Giampietro Schiavo
Professor of Cellular Neuroscience (UCL)
Rita Gameiro
Clinical Research Nurse (UCL)
Dr Oliver Ziff
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Neurology (UCL)