Dr. Nick Cole is the Head of Research at the MND Association. Nick’s role covers many of the activities within the Associations Research and Innovation directorate at the Association, both nationally and internationally. This includes Chair of the International Alliance Scientific Advisory Council, and member of the UK Clinical Studies Group. Nick has a leading role in the organisation of the annual International Symposium on MND/ALS and the MND associations flagship event for early career researchers (Encourage UK). Nick completed his PhD at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, UK, before completing research postdocs in St. Andrews and Dundee, Scotland, and Sydney, Australia. Nick began his own research group in the University of Sydney before moving his research program over the Sydney Harbour Bridge to co-establish the MND Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney. Nick returned to the UK with his family and dog “Vegemite” to take up his position as Head of Research at the MND Association in 2018.

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