Sarah Tabrizi

Prof Sarah Joanna Tabrizi FMedSci

Sarah Tabrizi in 2013

Sarah Tabrizi in 2013
Residence London, UK
Fields Neuroscience
Institutions UCL Institute of Neurology;
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Known for Research into neurodegeneration, particularly Huntington's disease
Notable awards Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2014
Website
hdresearch.ucl.ac.uk

Sarah Tabrizi FMedSci is a British neurologist and neuroscientist in the field of neurodegeneration, particularly Huntington's disease. She is a Professor at UCL Institute of Neurology; the founder and director of UCL Huntington's Disease Centre; and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, where she established the Multidisciplinary Huntington's Disease Clinic.[1][2][3]

Education

Tabrizi studied biochemistry at Heriot-Watt University followed by medicine at Edinburgh University. She obtained a PhD at University College London in 2000.[4]

Research

Tabrizi is distinguished for her work on Huntington's disease pathobiology, biomarkers, outcome measures and clinical trials.[5][6] She is the lead Clinical Investigator for the first clinical trial of a 'gene silencing' or huntingtin-lowering drug in Huntington's disease patients.[7]

Awards and honours

Tabrizi was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014.[8]

Personal life

Tabrizi lives in London with her husband, the author Michael Nath.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Iris View Profile". IRIS - UCL. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "UCL Huntington's Disease Research". hdresearch.ucl.ac.uk.
  3. ↑ "Prof Sarah Tabrizi". www.uclh.nhs.uk.
  4. 1 2 "Who's Who 2016 - Tabrizi, Prof. Sarah Joanna". Who's Who 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Shetty, Priya (June 2012). "Sarah Tabrizi: tracking Huntington's disease". The Lancet 379 (9831): 2043. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60884-8.
  6. ↑ Mohammadi, Dara (July 2015). "Fast-forwarding treatment for neurodegenerative disorders". The Lancet Neurology 14 (7): 687–688. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00110-6.
  7. ↑ Gallagher, James. "Landmark Huntington's trial starts". BBC News. BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Fellow - Academy of Medical Sciences". www.acmedsci.ac.uk.

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