Suvankar Pal
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Professor of Neurodegenerative Disorders & Clinical Trials @EdinburghUni @mndsmart @AnneRowlClinic @EdinUniBrainSci @UKDRI #forthvalleyneurology @nhsforthvalley
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined June 2009
Very proud of this initiative at @AnneRowlClinic which has supported a number of very bright young medical students flourish pursuing research projects in clinical neurosciences. The future is very bright 👌🏾
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Wonderful for @mndsmart at @EuansCentre @UKDRI to be profiled in @Forbes Magazine as an exemplar of an innovative patient centred platform trial for #mnd #als following the recent excellent #iDR25 international drug repurposing conference
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Drug repurposing—finding new uses for old drugs—is the key to the future in drug development as being faster and less expensive. Remedi4All shows its potential.
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Congratulations to all the team at the @AnneRowlClinic for hosting a wonderful open evening. Adi had a wonderful time learning about what goes on in the clinic & lab!
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⭐️The brilliant and dedicated research team at the Southampton General Hospital Trial Centre have now randomised >50 participants to MND-SMART!⭐️ Read more 👉 https://t.co/9AJ4REVBfh
#MND #ALS #clinicaltrial
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Very proud of this one. Thanks to everybody for their support over the years 🙏🏾 Hoping to make a difference..
We're excited to welcome a new Group Leader to the UK DRI! 🥳🙌 Prof @suvankarpal joins our Edinburgh Centre, where he aims to deliver a streamlined approach to take mechanistic understanding of neurodegeneration into evidence-based clinical trials👉 https://t.co/TbxL1ur8NL
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Received family #spaceselfie from #satgus satellite today courtesy of intrepid little man sending off a snap to #crunchlabs #markrober back in January. Next gen will be up there taking family snaps for real soon! 🚀 ✨ ☀️ 🌒
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Proud on this #globalmndawarenessday to be part the UK wide inter-disciplinary @mndsmart team of clinicians, trialists, discovery scientists & people living with #mnd #als - all working in partnership to test new interventions expeditiously & definitively.
Tacrolimus added as the fourth investigational arm in MND-SMART. MND-SMART uses an innovative #MAMS design to evaluate several potential treatments simultaneously, speeding up the time to identify effective therapies. Read more 👉 https://t.co/sGjq4tKytP
#GlobalMNDAwarenessDay
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We are very excited about widening access to @mndsmart by opening new sites at York and Scarborough. Thanks to Malcolm Proudfoot and the team for great enthusiasm during the set up process. We look forward to working with you to improve outcomes for #mnd #als
🔔 New Trial Centre Open 🔔 Led by Principal Investigator Dr Malcolm Proudfoot, York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals have joined the MND-SMART team. Read more here 👉 https://t.co/H8xDm9DLu2
#MND #ALS #MNDSMART #MAMS
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& to join a panel discussion with regulators and statisticians about the opportunities and challenges of innovative approaches and repurposing. Thank you @REMEDi4ALL for the invitation and for organising such a stimulating event.
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It was a privilege for some of the @mndsmart @EuansCentre @AnneRowlClinic & @SpeakUniqueVB teams to meet @oliviergoy today & share areas we are working on - an inspirational ambassador of the Paris Brain Institute with shared aspirations for improving outcomes for #mnd #als
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Always a pleasure co-chairing the #ACORD Fellows Academy @MRCCTU -Extremely enthusiastic fellows from across the UK linked to major multi-arm multi stage trial initiatives @mndsmart @OctopusTrial @EJS_ACT_PD #ADSMART The future is bright 👌🏾
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Tireless review of over 5000 notifications by the brilliant expert panel identified 6 individuals tragically affected by the disease. It was extremely educational and a privilege to contribute to the effort since 2017
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Active surveillance of variant #CJD in the UK paediatric population drew to a close last year. 27 years of an extraordinary inter-disciplinary effort led enthusiastically by Chris Verity & team.
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Objective To determine whether any children in the UK had variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). Design This active prospective epidemiological study used the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit,...
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Congratulations to the fantastic team at Birmingham for delivering equity of access to trials for people living with #MND. Supported by the wonderful @ADFoundationUK, Birmingham serves a diverse population, is a major regional recruitment hub, and one of 23 of our UK sites.
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Our newsletter is back! Find out what’s been happening in MND-SMART over the past year with our Spring 2025 Newsletter: https://t.co/4s59kU9gPJ Join our mailing list to receive our bi-annual e-newsletter, showcasing all the latest trial updates:
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Platform trials have led to a significant step change in how we identify potential new treatments for #als #mnd Thank you to @ALSMNDAlliance for inviting @suvankarpal to present an update on progress we’re making alongside the #EXPERTS & #HEALEY platforms
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ALS/MND Platform Trials Update | March 19, 2025 📊 Many thanks to HEALEY, EXPERTS ALS and SMART! They will update us on their approach, recruitment, trial eligibility and their latest news. Appreciation to moderator, Martina de Majo. 🙏 👉 Register now: https://t.co/TkTrsXGlQf
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We are thrilled to launch our new 'Davidson Nurses' initiative in partnership with the @ADFoundationUK This special collaboration has established five regional hubs across the UK where dedicated nurses are working to promote equity of access to MND-SMART. https://t.co/QDQLbLEksl
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