John-Stuart Brittain awarded prestigious MRC New Investigator Grant

John-Stuart Brittain awarded prestigious MRC New Investigator Grant

Dr John-Stuart Brittain

We are delighted to announce that Unit scientist Dr John-Stuart Brittain has been awarded a MRC New Investigator Research Grant (NIRG) to pursue his new research programme, entitled “Non-invasive brain stimulation to suppress pathological tremors”.  John’s research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying tremors, such as those occurring in Parkinson's disease and Essential Tremor, with a view to developing new therapeutic treatments. For some years now John has been working with Professor Peter Brown, and this award allows John to extend his work with additional collaborations as well as to apply new research tools like functional magnetic resonance imaging.