SMA REACH UK Study Team
SMA REACH UK, is led by Chief Investigator Professor Muntoni, and is coordinated from the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health, UCL, London by Dr Mariacristina Scoto; Clinical Research Physiotherapist and Dr Salma Samsuddin; National networks Coordinator. This team forms the London site where patient recruitment will take place at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Principal Investigator Consultant Research Physiotherapist Dr Anna Mayhew currently leads SMA-REACH at Newcastle and are our collaborators.
Principal Investigator Consultant Research Physiotherapist Dr Anna Mayhew currently leads SMA-REACH at Newcastle and are our collaborators.
London
Francesco Muntoni
Professor Francesco Muntoni, Chief Investigator, is a Paediatric Neurologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Head of the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. 
Mariacristina Scoto
Dr Mariacristina Scoto is a Senior Clinical Research Associate at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. For all clinical equiries related to the study contact: m.scoto@ucl.ac.uk Annemarie Rohwer
Annemarie Rohwer is our dedicated SMA-REACH Research Physiotherapist at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Institute of Child Health. 
Salma Samsuddin
Dr Salma Samsuddin is the SMA-REACH global Trial Manager at the Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. For all study enquires contact: s.samsuddin@ucl.ac.uk
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Newcastle
Anna Mayhew
Dr Anna Mayhew is a Consultant Research Physiotherapist based at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, International Centre for Life, Newcastle and is the Principle Investigator for SMA REACH at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. |
International Collaborators
Co-Investigator Professor Eugenio Mercuri and Research Physiotherapist Elena Mazzone from the Catholic University Rome are International Collaborators for this project with significant clinical and research experience in SMA.
Eugenio Mercuri
Professor Eugenio Mercuri is a Paediatric Neurologist at the Pediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome |
Elena Mazzone
Elena Mazzone is a physiotherapist at the Pediatric Neurology Unit, Catholic University, Rome |
The Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of a panel of international experts with significant expertise in SMA who provide external advice on the scope and direction of the project.
CHAIR: Richard Finkel
Professor Richard Finkel is a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist and Paediatrician in Orlando, FLorida 
Helen Roper
Dr Helen Roper is a Paediatric Neuromuscular Consultant at the Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. |
Helen Dawes
Professor Helen Dawes is the Director of the Movement Science Group, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Oxford Brookes University. 
Enrico Bertini
Professor Enrico Bertini is a Paediatric Neurologist, Professor in Neurogenetic disorders at the School of Clinical Genetics of the Catholic University of Rome and Contract Professor in Pediatric Neurology, School of Pediatrics of the University of Tor Vergata in Rome. |
Kelvin Talbot
Professor Kevin Talbot is a Consultant Neurologist and Professor of
Motor Neuron Biology at the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Professor Kevin Talbot is a Consultant Neurologist and Professor of
Motor Neuron Biology at the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
SMA-REACH steering committee group
A steering committee group has been set-up to review audit requests and other appropriate SMA-REACH governance as required.
Our team of volunteers consist of the following specialists-
Consultants-
Dr Deepak Parasuraman (Consultant Paediatrician)- Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham UK
Dr Deepa Krishnakumar (Consultant Paediatric Neurologist)- Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Physiotherapists-
Robert Muni Lofra (Consultant Physiotherapist)
John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute
Jennie Sheehan, Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Charities-
Liz Ryburn (SMA UK)
Jackie Guyler (SMA UK)
Dawn Wilbur (Treat SMA)