Team Member: Huw Morris (Chair)

Huw Morris

Chair

Huw Morris (Chair) is Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at UCL Institute of Neurology, and Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the Royal Free Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square.  He was Senior Lecturer and then Professor in Neurology and Neurogenetics at Cardiff University, the Royal Gwent Hospital and the University Hospital of Wales from 2003-2013. His clinical and research training took place at the National Hospital, the Mayo Clinic and the Western Pacific island of Guam.   He began research in PSP and related disorders as a PSP Association and MRC Clinical Research Fellow in 1997.  His main interests are Neurogenetics, Movement Disorders and Dementia.  He is leading a UK-wide research network in PSP and Cortico-basal degeneration (PROSPECT),  a UK-wide research project in genetic Parkinson’s (Parkinson’s Families Project). He leads the cohort group of the Global Parkinson’s genetics program (gp2.org).  He also studies genetic determinants of progression and variation in Parkinsonian disorders to help to define new treatments.