Dr Robin Grant
Consultant Neurologist & Hon Senior Lecturer
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology (ECNO)
- Scottish Adult Neuro-Oncology Network
Contact details
Background
- Consultant Neurologist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
- Trained in Neuro-Oncology in University of Michigan Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 1999-2000
- Established the Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology in 2003
- Clinical research interest lie in symptoms research (tumour associated epilepsy, cognition, mood and fatigue) and quality of life in neuro-oncology and evidence based medicine
- Advised on the evidence tumour associated epilepsy section of the EFNS:EANO low grade glioma guidelines
- President of the European Association for Neuro-Oncology (2008-10)
- Established and coordinating editor of Cochrane Neuro-Oncology Group
- Advised on many Neuro-Oncological clinical, research and regulatory committees in UK and Europe
Research summary
Brain and spinal cord tumour clinical research is also about international collaboration and friendship with colleagues in other countries working in the same clinical research and clinical trials areas.
Recent multi-centre clinical trials using bevacizumab (Gilbert et al 2014 and Chinot et al 2014) were only possible through collaboration and use of agreed imaging measures (Macdonald Criteria), important symptomatic and Quality of Life measures and systematic evaluation of outcomes.
Current research interests
Management of symptoms of primary brain tumour and the side effects of treatment are of major importance to patients, with the most common complaints in the clinic being fatigue, cognitive problems (especially poor memory), mood related issues, fear of the tumour coming back and seizures. Drugs used to treat these symptoms may interfere positively (help) or negatively (hinder) with the ability of chemotherapies and other treatments to be effective at treating the tumour. These important drug-drug interactions are the focus of Dr Grant’s clinical research along with evidence based evaluation of therapies.-
Lifestyle coaching is feasible in fatigued brain tumor patients: a Phase I / feasibility, multi-center, mixed-methods Randomized Controlled Trial
In:
Neuro-Oncology Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npac086
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Verbal fluency as a quick and simple tool to help in deciding when to refer patients with a possible brain tumour
In:
Bmc neurology, vol. 22, pp. 127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02655-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Identification of characteristics that determine behavioral and personality changes in adult glioma patients
In:
Neuro-Oncology Practice, vol. 8, pp. 550-558
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nop/npab041
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A Position Statement on the Utility of Interval Imaging in Standard of Care Brain Tumour Management: Defining the Evidence Gap and Opportunities for Future Research
In:
Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2021.620070
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Analysis of colectomy rates for ulcerative colitis in pre- and postbiological eras in Lothian, Scotland
In:
Colorectal Disease, vol. 23, pp. 1175-1183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15491
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)