SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE FOR NICHOLAS STEVEN WARD

Date of Birth 18 February 1964

Nationality British

Medical Education 1983-1989 Charing Cross and Westminster Hospital Medical School,

University of London, UK

Qualifications 1986 BSc Hons (Neuropharmacology/Neurophysiology)

1989 MBBS

1994 MRCP (UK)

2004 MD (University of London)

Current Appointment

December 2003 – Present : Wellcome Clinical Intermediate Fellow, Honorary Consultant Neurologist and University Lecturer, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience and Department of Headache, Brain Injury and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London, UK

My research programme (Wellcome Trust funded) is concerned with the use of imaging techniques, particularly functional magnetic resonance imaging, to study the relationship between reorganisation within the cerebral motor system and behavioural change in the context of, (i) focal brain injury e.g. stroke, (ii) the normal ageing process, (iii) motor skill learning.

My intention is to develop an empirical understanding of cerebral reorganisation and how it may be influenced to promote recovery after focal brain damage. Ultimately, my aim is to be able to devise treatment strategies for minimising impairment and thereby improving function, for individual patients based on a knowledge of their post-stroke ‘functional architecture’.

Clinical Experience

I completed my training as a clinical neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square and at the Royal London Hospital. I was subsequently appointed The Stroke Association Clinical Fellow in Stroke Medicine, at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, in order to further my experience in vascular neurology. I currently hold the post of honorary consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square.

Selected Publications

Bestmann S, Swayne OBC, Blankenburg F, Ruff C, Haggard P, Weiskopf N, Josephs O, Driver J, Rothwell JC, Ward NS. Dorsal premotor cortex exerts state-dependent causal influences on activity in contralateral primary motor and dorsal premotor cortex. Cerebral Cortex (in press).

Ward NS, Swayne OBC, Newton JM. Age-dependent changes in the neural correlates of force modulation: an fMRI study. Neurobiol Aging 2007 Jun 11(Epub ahead of print).

Ward NS, Newton JM, Swayne OBC, Lee L, Frackowiak RSJ, Thompson AJ, Greenwood RJ, Rothwell JC. The relationship between brain activity and peak grip force is modulated by corticospinal system integrity after subcortical stroke. Eur J Neurosci 2007;25(6):1865-73.

Newton JM, Ward NS, Parker GJ et al. Non-invasive mapping of corticofugal fibres from multiple motor areas--relevance to stroke recovery. Brain 2006; Brain 2006; 129: 1844-58

Ward NS, Newton JM, Swayne OBC et al. Motor System Activation After Subcortical Stroke Depends On Corticospinal System Integrity. Brain 2006; 129: 809-819.

Ward NS, Brown MM, Thompson AJ, Frackowiak RSJ. The influence of time after stroke on brain activations during a motor task. Ann Neurol 2004;55(6):829-834.

Ward NS, Brown MM, Thompson AJ, Frackowiak RSJ. Neural correlates of motor recovery after stroke: a longitudinal fMRI study. Brain 2003;126:2476-2496.

Ward NS, Brown MM, Thompson AJ, Frackowiak RSJ. Neural correlates of outcome after stroke: a cross-sectional fMRI study. Brain 2003;126:1430-1448.

Nick Ward MD FRCP

Senior Lecturer & Honorary Consultant Neurologist

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Institute of Neurology

University College London

Queen Square

London WC1N 3BG

tel: (+44) 020 7833 7472 ext 4370

fax: (+44) 020 7813 1420

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