Meet the Team

Chief Investigators

Professor John Snowden

Chief Investigator

Professor Basil Sharrack

Lead Trial Neurologist

Professor Paolo Muraro

Trial Neuroimmunologist

Co-applicants

Professor Richard Nicholas

Consultant Neurologist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Professor Olga Ciccarelli

Professor of Neurology

University College London

Professor Neil Scolding

Professor at Neurology Department

University of Bristol

Professor Carolyn Young

Consultant Neurologist

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Annalena Venneri

Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology

The University of Sheffield

Dr Eli Silber

Consultant Neurologist

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Mrs Colette Beecher

Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Sheffield Hallam University


Dr Thushan de Silva

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases 

The University of Sheffield

Dr Majid Kazmi

Kings College Hospital

NHS Foundation Trust


Professor Alasdair Coles 

Professor of Neuroimmunology

 University of Cambridge

Dr Andy Peniket

Consultant in Clinical Haematology

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professor Gavin Giovanonni 

Professor of Neurology

Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ms Diana Papaioannou

Assistant Director Sheffield CTRU

The University of Sheffield


Professor Stephen Walters

Professor of Medical Statistics & Clinical Trials

The University of Sheffield

Central Research Team

Diana Papaioannou 

CTRU Oversight

Rachel Glover

Trial Manager

Kate Hutchence

Research Assistant

Kate Duffy

Research Assistant

Rowena Seaton Kelly

Research Assistant

Joshua Milner

Trials Support Officer