Professor Ian Galea

Ian Galea is a Consultant Neurologist and Professor in Clinical & Experimental Neurology in Southampton. He qualified as a medical doctor from the University of Malta and completed general professional training in the UK. He then trained in basic neuroimmunology completing a PhD with Professor Hugh Perry, alongside neurology specialist training in the Wessex region. During his postdoctoral years he worked on the blood-brain barrier, making seminal observations in subarachnoid haemorrhage, paraneoplastic neurological disease and multiple sclerosis. He founded an international consortium of investigators in subarachnoid haemorrhage which is led from Southampton, and more recently a national consortium studying the neurology of covid. He has published papers in top journals such as Brain, Neurology, Annals of Neurology, J Exp Med, BMJ, Nature Reviews and the Lancet family. Several research papers have been selected for editorial comment and won prizes. Ian is on the steering committee of several national studies, the editorial board of Brain Behaviour Immunity and is NIHR Regional Multiple Sclerosis Specialty Lead. In Southampton, he actively champions imaging research and clinical academic training.