Prof. Huw Morris National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
Biography
Huw Morris is Consultant Neurologist and Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the Royal Free Hospital, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and UCL Institute of Neurology. His main clinical and research interests are in Movement Disorders and Neurogenetics, particularly early onset, genetic and familial Parkinson's disease and atypical Parkinsonian disorders... read moresuch as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Cortico-basal degneration and Fronto-temporal dementia with Parkinsonism. His clinical and research training took place at the National Hospital, Queen Square, the Mayo Clinic and the Western Pacific island of Guam. He was Senior Lecturer and then Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics at Cardiff University from 2003 to 2013. His research is funded by Parkinson's UK, the Medical Research Council, the PSP Association and the Motor Neuron Disease Association. He is Chair of the Dendron Parkinson's Disease Clinical Studies Group and the Clinical Research and Academic Committee of the Association of British Neurologists. He serves on the Research Advisory Panels of Parkinson's UK, the Motor Neuron DIsease Association, Cure PSP and the Multiple System Atrophy trust. He also serves on the Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Disorders of the Nervous System for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority.