UK Clinical Team

Katie Atkinson

Role:

  • Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Institutions:

  • Neurosciences Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford

Laura Benjamin

Roles:

  • Wellcome Clinical Scientist Honorary

  • Consultant in Stroke Neurology

Institutions:

  • Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, University College London

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Isabel Cary

Role:

  • Senior Neurological Physiotherapist

Institution:

  • Wolfson Neurorehabilitation Centre, Queen Mary’s Hospital, London

Selina Edwards

Roles:

  • Advanced Nurse Practitioner
  • Lead Nurse of UCLH Comprehensive Stroke Service

Institution:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Emmie Malawezi

Role:

  • Senior Stroke Nurse Lecturer

  • Former Stroke Unit Ward Manager 

Institution:

  • Faculty of Health and Social Care,      Edge Hill University, UK

George Ransley

Role:

  • Clinical Fellow

Institution:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Robert Simister

Roles:

  • Consultant Stroke Neurologist

  • Comprehensive Stroke
    Service Clinical Lead

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Orlando Swayne

Roles:

  • Consultant Neurologist

  • Lead Neurologist in the
    Neurorehabilitation Unit at
    the National Hospital

  • Honorary Associate
    Professor UCL

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northwick Park Hospital, London

UK Research Team

Laura Benjamin

Roles:

  • Wellcome Clinical Scientist Honorary

  • Consultant in Stroke Neurology

Institutions:

  • Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, University College London

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

George Ransley

Role:

  • Clinical Fellow

Institution:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Robert Simister

Roles:

  • Consultant Stroke Neurologist

  • Comprehensive Stroke
    Service Clinical Lead

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Orlando Swayne

Roles:

  • Consultant Neurologist

  • Lead Neurologist in the
    Neurorehabilitation Unit at
    the National Hospital

  • Honorary Associate
    Professor UCL

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northwick Park Hospital, London

Henry Mwandumba

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Tom Solomon

Roles:

  • Professor of Neurology

Institutions:

  • University of Liverpool

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

David Werring

Roles:

  • Professor of Stroke Neurology

  • Head of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation

Institutions:

  • Institute of Neurology,                University College London

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Malawi Clinical Team

Noel Bokosi

Roles:

  • Consultant Neurologist

  • Lead Neurologist in the
    Neurorehabilitation Unit at
    the National Hospital

  • Honorary Associate
    Professor UCL

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northwick Park Hospital, London

Talumba Mankhokwe

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Emmanuel Mkwinda

Roles:

  • Professor of Neurology

Institutions:

  • University of Liverpool

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Gloria Mankhokwe

Roles:

  • Consultant Neurologist

  • Lead Neurologist in the
    Neurorehabilitation Unit at
    the National Hospital

  • Honorary Associate
    Professor UCL

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northwick Park Hospital, London

Peter Ndalakwaya

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Tamara Phiri

Roles:

  • Professor of Neurology

Institutions:

  • University of Liverpool

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Tiwonge Phiri

Roles:

  • Consultant Neurologist

  • Lead Neurologist in the
    Neurorehabilitation Unit at
    the National Hospital

  • Honorary Associate
    Professor UCL

Institutions:

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Northwick Park Hospital, London

Irene Sheha

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Ethel Waya

Roles:

  • Professor of Neurology

Institutions:

  • University of Liverpool

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Malawi Research Team

Laura Benjamin

Roles:

  • Wellcome Clinical Scientist Honorary

  • Consultant in Stroke Neurology

Institutions:

  • Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, University College London

  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Yohane Gadama

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Gloria Mwangalika

Roles:

  • Professor of Neurology

Institutions:

  • University of Liverpool

  • The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

Henry Mwandumba

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Tiwonge Phiri

Roles:

  • Director, MLW

  • Professor in Medicine
    & MRC/DfID African
    Research

Institutions:

  • Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical
    Research Programme (MLW)

  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine