Chairman
John Bayley

Directors
Prof. Ivan Donaldson
Dr Peter John
Prof. Ian Town

Company Secretary and Commercial Manager
Guy Johnson

Clinical Director
Prof. Tim Anderson

Director of MRI Research
Dr Richard Watts

Chief Scientist
Dr Michael MacAskill

Prof. Tim Anderson

The Van der Veer bequest allows patients the benefit of seeing the only neurologist in the country able to specialise entirely in Parkinson's and movement disorders. As well as treating the disease, Tim leads the local original research into Parkinson's in addition to conducting international commercial pharmaceutical trials.

Assoc. Prof. John Dalrymple-Alford

John has long-standing expertise in memory and learning, amnesia and dementia. Using techniques which range from pencil-and-paper tests to sophisticated brain imaging, he is seeking to understand the progression from mild memory loss to disabling dementia in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. John's expertise in neuropsychology also makes a substantial collaborative contribution to others' projects in the Institute.

Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee

Students from around the world flock to Maggie-Lee's leading research programme into disorders of swallowing ('dysphagia'). From premature babies to survivors of stroke, the ability to coordinate breathing and swallowing is a vital but poorly-understood process. Such research will improve speech language therapy in hospital and rehabilitation settings.

Assoc. Prof. Richard Jones

Richard brings the tools of biomedical engineering to the study of the brain. What makes us lose attention and even fall into 'micro sleeps' in tasks such as driving, exactly when it is crucial that we stay alert?

Dr Michael MacAskill

Michael's interests lie in impact of neurological disorders on our control of movement. He focusses on studying the movements of the eyes and the way in which virtual environments can be used to improve motor control. He is also the Chief Scientist at the Institute, managing its research activities.

Dr Richard Watts

Richard is the Director of MRI Research at the Institute. As a physicist, he has a deep understanding of the principles of magnetic resonance imaging. With access to a powerful 3 Tesla MRI scanner, his particular interests in measuring the movement of blood and other fluids in the brain allows the finest details of brain structures to be seen. In other studies, functional imaging directly reveals the processes of thought and consciousness.