Our team
We are a team of doctors, clinicians, scientists and patients working to accelerate the search for a cure for MND. The UK MND Research Institute is co-directed by Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi of King’s College London and Professor Christopher McDermott of the University of Sheffield, supported by a leadership team which includes people living with MND.
Our co-directors
Programme Lead – Translational Therapies and Biomarkers
University of Sheffield
Programme Lead – Translational Therapies and Biomarkers
University College London
Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery
King’s College London
Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery
University of Oxford
Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery
University of Sheffield
Programme Lead – Training Future Leaders in MND Research
University of Oxford
Programme Lead – Improving Outcome Measures
The Walton Centre, University of Liverpool
























