Sarah Tabrizi

Sarah Joanna Tabrizi
Sarah Tabrizi in July 2024
Born
London, UK
Alma materHeriot-Watt University
University of Edinburgh
University College London
Known forResearch into neurodegeneration, particularly Huntington's disease
SpouseMichael Nath
AwardsFellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2014
MRC Millennium Medal, 2022
Fellowship of the Royal Society, 2024
National Academy of Medicine, 2024
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsUCL Institute of Neurology;
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
ThesisMitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration (2000)
Websitehttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/research/research-centres/hd-centre

Sarah Joanna Tabrizi FMedSci FRS is a British neurologist and neuroscientist in the field of neurodegeneration, particularly Huntington's disease. She is a Professor and Joint Head of the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases at the UCL Institute of Neurology; the founder and Director of the UCL Huntington's Disease Centre; a Principal Investigator at the UK Dementia Research Institute at UCL; and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, where she established the Multidisciplinary Huntington's Disease Clinic. The UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre was officially opened on 1 March 2017 by UCL President and Provost Michael Arthur.