Dr Catherine Godbold

Catherine is our Research Communications Manager

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.

Blogs by Dr Catherine Godbold

A spotlight on our women’s health research

Women are two and a half times more likely to get MS than men. And it has different implications for women. Yet historically, women’s health wasn’t the focus of much MS research. So there’s lots we still need to learn.

What are social determinants of health?

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.

Progress in progressive MS

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.