Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent qualified in 1966 at Westminster Hospital Medical School but subsequently did an MSc in Biochemistry at University College, London. Working with Ricardo Miledi FRS in the Biophysics Department at UCL, she became involved in some of the earliest studies on acetylcholine receptors in myasthenia gravis and congenital myasthenic syndromes, and began a long partnership with Prof John Newsom-Davis. Together they set up the Neurosciences Group at the Royal Free Hospital which moved to the newly-established Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in Oxford in 1988. Since Newsom-Davis’ retirement in 1998, she has led the Neuroimmunology Group. Since 1992 she has been an honorary consultant in immunology and established a national and international referral centre for the diagnosis of immune-mediated neurological diseases. From 2005-2008, she was Head of Department of Clinical Neurology. She is now Emeritus Professor of Neuroimmunology in Oxford, Professor of Neuroimmunology at the Institute of Neurology, University College London, and an Emeritus Fellow of Somerville College.
She has an Honorary degree from the University of Bergen (2004), and is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. She is an Associate Editor of Brain and was President of the International Society of Neuroimmunology (2001-2004). She has authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and has coedited four books including one on pediatric neuroimmunology with R C Dale (2010).
Her major clinical interest is in the role of auto-antibodies to ion channels and receptors in peripheral and central disorders, and in advancing the diagnosis of these conditions. Her research interests include neuromuscular junction disorders, models of immune-mediated CNS diseases, and the influence of maternal antibodies in neurodevelopmental disorders.
