Research blog

Emily Tregaskis-Daniels is a PhD student at Queen Mary University of London. In this blog, which was shortlisted in our recent writing competition, Emily tells us about her work understanding the link between MS and infections.

Heather Mah is a PhD student looking at how people are involved in MS research. She won our writing competition for researchers with this article about her work.

We spoke with lead researcher Professor Ashutosh Mangalam about his team’s fascinating work into the gut microbiome.

Riddhima Gautam is a Senior Ophthalmic Technician at the Cambridge Clinical Vision Laboratory. We spoke to Riddhima to find out more about her work and the role eyes play in MS research.

We recently shared the exciting news of the launch of the Northern Ireland MS Research Hub, led by Professor Denise Fitzgerald from Queen’s University Belfast. We asked Denise about her hopes for the Hub.

Today is Clinical Trials Day and we're highlighting some of the exciting trials people with progressive MS can join in the UK right now.

Oliver Pinna is a PhD student at King's College London. He tells us about his work developing quieter and faster MRI scans for people with MS.

Our Edinburgh Centre’s team of researchers is working to find effective MS treatments. And their work would not be possible without Early Career Researchers.

We caught up with our Legacies Lead Sarah to find out about her recent visit to the MS Society Tissue Bank.

Watch our short film from the Edinburgh Centre for MS Research, and find out how your donation can help stop MS.

Mark was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in 2005 and moved into secondary progressive MS a decade later. He joined the MS-STAT2 trial in 2019, and although the results from the trial were not what everyone was hoping for, he recounts his experience on the trial as wholly positive.

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.

Researchers at the Edinburgh Centre for MS Research have been working hard to improve our understanding of nerve damage in MS.

Joy Amobi and Laura Khaukha recently interned at the UK MS Register as part of the HDR UK Black Internship Programme, which aims to address the lack of diversity in the research sector. They told us about their experiences and the value of programmes like this.

We spoke to Chris about his motivations for joining the Network and why he believes diversity of thought is essential for shaping meaningful research.

Take a look back at our research highlights from 2024 with Dr Caroline Wennington from our research team.

PhD student Imogen Collier and two people with MS tell us about a project to improve understanding of menopause and MS.

We still don't have a good understanding of why some people develop MS. We've set up the UK MS Prevention Taskforce to learn from these conditions and drive progress towards preventing MS.

Simon Zientek is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. He tells us all about his research using PET scanning to understand MS.

Dr Shruthi Venkatachalam explains how she's helping people with MS who experience domestic violence and abuse.