Dr Charis Wong

Charis is a clinical fellow in data-driven drug selection with the University of Edinburgh and neurology registrar. She is interested in neurodegenerative diseases, in particular developing methodology to systematically identify, evaluate and report evidence to improve drug selection for clinical trials. She studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 2012 with honours. She underwent clinical training across various hospitals within South East Scotland, and is currently a neurology registrar with NHS Lothian. 

Charis joined the Anne Rowling Clinic as a Clinical Trial Fellow in 2019, working across various research studies in neurological conditions. She was part of the trial development group for MND-SMART, a multi-arm multi-stage clinical trial in motor neuron disease (MND). She undertook a PhD supervised by Professor Malcolm Macleod, Professor Siddharthan Chandran, and Professor Neil Carragher where she developed methods to identify, evaluate, and prioritise candidate drugs for MND clinical trials, specifically MND-SMART. She is continuing to develop this work with the aim of improving the framework and expanding its applications to other disease areas. In her spare time, she enjoys being in the outdoors, hillwalking, and exploring the Scottish Highlands and Islands.