She writes about the latest updates in MS research. Catherine joined us in 2019 as our Research Communications Officer. She has a PhD from the University of Reading in Clinical Language Science.
Everyone’s experience of MS is different. People have different symptoms. Some have more relapses or their MS progresses faster. Recent research suggests these differences are influenced by more things than we thought.
Clinical trials are key to finding treatments to slow or stop progression for everyone with MS. We often focus on the drugs being tested, but it’s all the people involved who really make them happen.
Professor Alan Thompson is consultant neurologist at University College London, and past scientific chair of the International Progressive MS Alliance. He’s been researching progressive MS for 40 years. We asked him what’s changed and what’s coming next.
You may have seen stories in the papers today about a link between how much sleep you get as a teenager, and your risk of MS. We look behind the headlines to see what the research can tell us.
Certain DMTs may affect the way your immune system responds to the vaccines. Professor David Baker is a neuroimmunologist from Queen Mary University of London. He’s been keeping track of new results from researchers around the world.
Max Parmar is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at University College London. An expert in clinical trials, he has made countless contributions to medical research. Now he’s turned his attention to MS.
