Prof. Dr Gavin Giovannoni

Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

Gavin Giovannoni holds the Chair of Neurology, Blizard Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University London and the Department of Neurology, Barts Health NHS Trust in November. Gavin did his undergraduate medical training at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His clinical interests are multiple sclerosis and other inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system. He is particularly interested in clinical issues related to optimising MS disease-modifying therapies. His current research focuses on the Epstein-Barr virus as a possible cause of multiple sclerosis and MS prevention. Gavin has also developed and validated several digital innovations to communicate complex information to people with MS and their families (see ClinicSpeak, MS Brain Health, Digesting Science and MS-Selfie).