Dr Peter Foley
Consultant Neurologist, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Contact details
- Email: peter.foley@ed.ac.uk
Availability
Please do not send any clinical details to this email address.
Background
I am a consultant neurologist in NHS Lothian and honorary clinical senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.
- NHS roles include general and acute neurology, with specialty clinics in multiple sclerosis and Huntingtons disease.
- I completed a PhD focusing on the mechanisms of neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis, based at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic and funded by the Rowling Scholar scheme. My Supervisory team were Profs Chandran, Fallon, Colvin and Tracey; Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.
- I have an active neurology research interest particularly focusing on multiple sclerosis and Huntingtons Disease.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Physiology
MBChB
PhD
MRCP (Neurology)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
Postgraduate teaching
NIHR Associate PI scheme:
- Supervision of clinical academic trainees working on the Octopus Multi-Arm Multi-Stage trial platform in the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator scheme
- https://www.nihr.ac.uk/career-development/clinical-research-courses-and-support/associate-principal-investigator-scheme
- Completed:
- Sai Parepalli
- Rioghnach Hannan
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
Adverse symptoms, their relationship to disease mechanisms and prognosis, and their treatment.
Current PhD students supervised
Co-supervisor, Francesca Pentimalli "Multimodal imaging and genetic markers of chronic neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in MS"
Translational (formerly Wellcome) Neuroscience PhD programme.
Research summary
- I am interested in adverse symptoms affecting people with neurological disease, particularly pain and fatigue.
- And what they tell us about disease biology and prognosis in MS and Huntington's Disease
- Evidence-based treatment of pain and other adverse symptoms in MS
- Trials
Affiliated research centres
Project activity
Principal current research projects:
Principal Investigator, "Octopus"
- multi-arm multi-stage trial platform investigating potential repurposed treatments for people with progressive MS
- https://www.mssociety.org.uk/research/explore-our-research/research-we-fund/search-our-research-projects/octopus
co-Principal Investigator, "FutureMS"
- Scottish multicentre observational cohort study, relapsing remitting MS
- https://www.annerowlingclinic.org/research-trials/find-project/futurems-phase-2
Principal Investigator, "Enroll-HD"
- International cohort study in Huntingtons Disease
- https://www.enroll-hd.org/
Principal Investigator, "HealthE-RND"
- International quality of life study in Huntingtons Disease
- https://healthe-rnd.eu/about-us/
sub-Principal Investigator, "Horizon"
- Phase 2 RCT, investigational vaccine against Epstein Barr virus in MS
- https://trials.modernatx.com/study/?id=mRNA-1195-P201
Other research projects:
Referral of interested participants to Edinburgh Brain and Tissue Bank
DIMES UK-wide audit of MS diagnosis pathways
- lead NHS consultant, Edinburgh site
- https://nansig.org/dimes/
iMark-HD
- Edinburgh is a referring site for this Kings College London-based observational and imaging study in Huntingtons Disease
- https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03434548
Scottish MS Incidence Register
- lead consultant Edinburgh site
- https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/scottish-multiple-sclerosis-register-smsr/
In the press
BBC Scotland television "Reporting Scotland" broadcast 20th Sep 2023 - reporter Elizabeth Quigley - report on the Octopus trial platform for progressive MS in Scotland
BBC Scotland radio "Good Morning Scotland" broadcast 21st Sep 2023 - reporter Elizabeth Quigley - report on the Octopus trial platform for progressive MS in Scotland