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Leigh, Peter  PhD

Leading researcher with 310 publications
After training in medicine and neurology in London, Professor Leigh spent 2 years as neurologist and consultant in Internal Medicine as the Medical School in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania before returning to UK to complete his PhD and further training in neurology. After consultant appointments in Southampton and London, in 1989 he was appointed to the University Chair of Neurology at The Institute of Psychiatry and King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry where he established a research program in MND (ALS) to understand the causes, consequences, and treatment of MND and other neurodegenerative disorders. The King’s MND Care and Research Centre was formally inaugurated in 1995. In 1998 he won The Forbes Norris Award of the International Alliance of MND/ALS Associations, and in 2003 he was awarded the Erb-Duchenne Prize of the German Neuromuscular Society, and in 2004 was awarded the Sheila Essey Prize for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, and corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association. He is now Professor of Neurology at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton UK, Emeritus Professor at King’s College London, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at Sussex University Hospitals Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital NHS Foundtion Trust. His research continues to focus on the causes, mechanisms, and treatment of MND and related neurodegenerative disorders. He co-leads MIROCALS- Modifying Immune Responses and Outcomes in ALS- a clinical trial of low dose interleukin-2 incorporating extensive biomarker studies, funded through the European Union Horizon 2020 programme, in partnership with the MND Association. show More

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2.75

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84

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30.32

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