Gavin Giovannoni MBBCh, PhD, FCP (Neurol, SA), FRCP, FRCPath

Gavin Giovannoni is an academic neurologist at the Blizard Institute, Faculty of  Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. His current research is focused on the Epstein-Barr virus as a possible cause of multiple sclerosis, MS-related neurodegeneration, biomarker discovery & validation, and MS clinical outcomes. Gavin is also an active MS blogger.

He did his undergraduate medical training at Wits, where he graduated cum laude in 1987. He moved to the Institute of Neurology, UCL, Queen Square, London in 1993 after completing his specialist training in neurology in South Africa. After three years as a clinical research fellow and two years as the Scarfe Lecturer, he was awarded a PhD in immunology from the University of London in 1998. He was appointed as a Clinical Senior Lecturer at Royal Free and University College Medical School, in 1998 and moved back to Queen Square in 1999. He was made a Reader in Neuroimmunology in 2004.