Graduate (1992), Professor of Clinical Heurology at University College London. Name: Sarah TabriziCategory: AlumniRole: Graduate (1992), Professor of Clinical Heurology at University College LondonTime active with Edinburgh Medical School: MBChB graduate 1992 As a clinician, I’ve looked after parents who have Huntington’s Disease and subsequently their children and grandchildren. There is no greater motivation for research than witnessing that devastation first hand. I’ve spent 30 years thinking about the science of the disease and how to use what we’ve learnt. My aim is to stop Huntington’s being a disease that families have hanging over them by designing therapies that will work. Sarah Tabrizi grew up and was educated in Edinburgh. She graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 and completed a research PhD at University College London, followed by neurology training in London. During Sarah’s PhD research, she met young people with advanced Huntington’s Disease and saw how it stole their ability to talk, swallow, walk and ultimately communicate. Recently, she led a clinical trial that suggested a treatment could slow down the disease by three quarters when compared with patients who hadn’t had the treatment. In 2024, Sarah was the first female neurologist to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society in London. This article was published on Friday 26 June 2026
