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I am a clinician scientist and consultant neurologist specializing in Parkinson’s disease. The overarching aims of my research are to better understand the variability of Parkinson's and to develop targeted disease-modifying therapies for different Parkinson's subtypes. I lead the Cambridge Parkinson’s Disease Research Clinic and community-based longitudinal cohort studies which allow us to study the natural history of the disease and biomarkers of progression. A key focus of my lab is investigating the role of the immune system in driving disease progression in Parkinson's. We are studying this using blood and CSF-based markers, PET neuroimaging and neuropathological studies, and we are testing immunosuppressive therapies for Parkinson's disease in clinical trials.
[11C]-PK11195 PET imaging in Parkinson's disease
PET/MR imaging using the TSPO ligand [11C]-PK11195 demonstrates neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease.