Nicola Pavese, MD, PhD, FRCP, FEAN

Dr. Nicola Pavese is Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Director of the Clinical Ageing Research Unit at Newcastle University in England. He also  serves as  the regional clinical lead of the Northeast of England and Yorkshire for the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network. He has more than 30 years of clinical experience treating patients with movement disorders. He received his medical degree from Pisa University, Italy. After completing residency training in Neurology and subsequent training in Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry at Pisa University, he achieved his PhD in Neuroimaging at Imperial College London. Dr. Pavese’s research involves the application of neuroimaging to identify biomarkers of pathological processes in neurodegenerative diseases and to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for symptom onset. He acts as Principal Investigator in several pharmaceutical sponsored clinical trials in patients with Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. He currently leads an international collaboration investigating the occurrence of neuroinflammation in individuals at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, including patients with REM sleep behavior disorder.