Professor Patrick Chinnery FRCP FMedSci is Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at University of Cambridge. He is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science and NIHR Senior Investigator, and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009. He has previously been Director of the Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine in Newcastle. Patrick’s principal research interest is in understanding the role of mitochondria in human disease, and developing new treatments for mitochondrial disorders.
