Biography
Suvankar Pal is Professor of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Clinical Trials at the University of Edinburgh and clinically active Consultant Neurologist. He is co-lead of the MND SMART trial, Deputy Director of the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, Principal Investigator of the Euan MacDonald Centre for MND Research, and Clinical Lead for Neurology at NHS Forth Valley. His clinical and research interests are focused on improving outcomes for people with neurodegenerative disorders, including accelerating early accurate diagnoses and identifying new therapies. He leads population-based disease registries supporting longitudinal deep clinical phenotyping, digital and wet lab biomarker discovery programmes, and innovative clinical trials. He has a keen interest in education, mentorship, and training.