Professor Siddharthan Chandran
Name:
Professor Siddharthan Chandran
Job title:
Dean of Clinical Medicine, Head of Edinburgh Medical School, Director of Edinburgh Neuroscience, Euan MacDonald Centre and Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
Place of work / study:
The University of Edinburgh and Race Against Dementia [1]
Tell us a little about yourself:
I am a a Scientific Advisor for Race Against Dementia and an expert in regenerative neurology, working to bridge the gap between clinic and the lab.
- Bachelor of Medicine, Southampton University
- Neurology training, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London and University of Cambridge
- PhD in developmental neurobiology, University of Cambridge (2000)
- Consultant Neurologist, University Lecturer & Fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge
- MacDonald Professor of Neurology, University of Edinburgh (2009-present)
At the University of Edinburgh, Professor Chandran is:
- Dean of Clinical Medicine (2021-present)
- Director of the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences [2]
- Director of Edinburgh Neuroscience [3] (2016-present)
- Director of the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research [4] (2009-present)
- Director of the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic [5] (from its inception in 2011-present)
- Director of the MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research [6] (2015-present)
- Programme Lead of the UK Dementia Research Institute [7] at the University of Edinburgh, Director Prof Giles Hardingham (2017-present)
Can we find you on Twitter?
Not personally, but please do take a look at our Race Against Dementia account