Professor Ruth Dobson

Professor Ruth Dobson is a consultant neurologist specialising in MS and related conditions. She is based in the Centre for Preventive Neurology at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London. 

She has an MB BS from the University of London and completed her PhD in 2013, receiving an MS Society/ ABN Clinical Research fellowship. 

Her research includes modifying factors in MS such as vitamin D and the role of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) in MS. She is a member of our UK MS Prevention Taskforce. 

She is registered with the General Medical Council

Blogs by Professor Ruth Dobson

Ask the expert: MS risk and prevention

Professor Ruth Dobson is a neurologist and member of our UK MS Prevention Taskforce. We asked her some of your questions about MS risk – and what research into MS prevention could achieve.