Dr Karen Gunanayagam

is a clinical research fellow at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in London. She works in the departments of Neuromuscular/Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation under the supervision of Professor Henry Houlden, Professor Jeremy Chataway, and Dr David Lynch.
After graduating from Imperial College London, she completed her adult neurology specialist training in Australia, with subspecialty training in Sydney in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, as well as mitochondrial disorders under Professor Carolyn Sue.
Having been clinically focused with the opportunity to work in diverse hospitals across Australia, Karen joined Queen Square to study white matter and myelin disorders and develop her academic career. In addition to clinical and trial work, she presents the UK adult inherited white matter disorder meetings and is exploring genetic research techniques and analyses for her PhD thesis, which will focus on unravelling genetically unsolved leukodystrophies.