Winner of 2021 Charcot Award - Professor Alan Thompson

MSIF is thrilled to announce that Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences at University College London in the UK, is the winner of the 2021 Charcot Award. The award recognises a lifetime of achievement in outstanding research into understanding and treating MS. Professor Alan Thompson has made a tremendous impact on many areas of MS research and clinical care over his 40-year career, improving the quality of life of people with MS, particularly those affected by progressive forms of the disease. He has led, served on, and founded numerous esteemed national and international scientific and funding boards and committees, which includes his former role as Chair of MSIF’s International Medical and Scientific Board. He has been a mentor to many accomplished MS specialists and a fervent advocate for the voice of people affected by MS on a global scale. Professor Alan Thompson has significant expertise in the diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and management of the progressive forms of MS. He has focused on the pathological mechanisms that underpin neurological disability, and on recovery through neurorehabilitation. He has been a key contributor to the McDonald diagnostic criteria committee since its inception in 2001 and co-chaired the recent (fourth) international committee which updated the diagnostic criteria for MS in 2018. He was also heavily involved in the production of treatment guidelines for MS published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal and the European Journal of Neurology in 2018.

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