Dr David P Breen
Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
- Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics
Contact details
- Email: David.Breen@ed.ac.uk
- Web: PURE academic profile
- Web: ResearchGate
- Twitter: @breenneurology
Address
- Street
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Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Room FU303g, Chancellor’s Building
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
47 Little France Crescent - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH16 4SB
Background
I studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. I completed neurology and PhD training in Cambridge and London, before moving to Toronto as a post-CCT Edmond J. Safra Movement Disorders Fellow under the mentorship of Tony Lang. I returned to Edinburgh in 2018 and am currently supported by a Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship.
Qualifications
2018: Movement Disorders Fellowship, University of Toronto
2016: Certificate of Completion of Training in Neurology
2015: PhD in Clinical Neurosciences, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
2008: Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2005: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh
2003: Intercalated BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh
Research summary
I am an academic neurologist in the field of movement disorders, focussing on Parkinson's disease (PD). I have diverse research interests including studying the influence of sleep and circadian disruption on brain health; studying genetic and environmental PD risk factors using large datasets; and studying neglected non-motor PD features (such as dementia and communication problems). I am driving the development of PD clinical research in Edinburgh and helping to increase clinical trials capacity. I am committed to patient participation in research.
Individual project details are outlined in my PURE academic profile (link above).
Current project grants
2019: Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship, University of Edinburgh (PI: Dr. David Breen). ‘Does sleep and circadian rhythm disruption influence brain health?’, £416,134 over 36 months.
2018: Project Grant, RS MacDonald Seedcorn Fund, University of Edinburgh (PI: Dr. David Breen). ‘Cerebrospinal α-synuclein RT-QuIC in multiple system atrophy: a clinical and neuropathological study’, £5,000 over 6 months.