MANJU KURIAN

Professor Manju Kurian is a Professor of Neurogenetics and NIHR Research Professor at UCL-Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. She is also a consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital. After graduating from Cambridge University, she trained in Paediatrics before subspecialising in Paediatric Neurology. At the end of her clinical training, she undertook a PhD (University of Birmingham) investigating the molecular genetic basis of childhood neurological disorders (2007-2011).  She moved to UCL after her PhD, and has since established herself as an independent Principal Investigator at the Institute of Child Health. She was awarded a Wellcome Intermediate Fellowship in 2012, NIHR Professorship in 2017 and The Jules Thorn Award for Biomedical Research in 2017.