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

Ammar Al-Chalabi

Co-Director

King’s College London

Christopher J McDermott

Co-Director

University of Sheffield

David Setters

Living with MND

Patient Representative

Lee Millard

Living with MND

Patient Representative

Pamela Shaw

Programme Lead – Translational Therapies and Biomarkers

University of Sheffield

Linda Greensmith

Programme Lead – Translational Therapies and Biomarkers

University College London

Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery

King’s College London

Kevin Talbot

Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery

University of Oxford

Janine Kirby

Programme Lead – Stem Cell Based Accelerated Drug Discovery

University of Sheffield

Andrea Malaspina

Programme Lead – Biomarker Development

University College London

Programme Lead – Training Future Leaders in MND Research

University of Oxford

Carolyn Young

Programme Lead – Improving Outcome Measures

The Walton Centre, University of Liverpool

Programme Lead

University of Edinburgh

Head of Research Operations 

King’s College London

Research Communications Manager

King’s College London

Project Manager, MND Register

King’s College London