Dr Patrick Kearns

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Dr. Patrick Kearns

Patrick Kearns is an ECAT/Wellcome funded Lecturer in Neurology, Epidemiology, and Molecular Genetics at The University of Edinburgh with affiliations in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, and the MRC Human Genetic Unit. He has an honorary appointment for clinical registrar training in Neurology in the National Health Service. Patrick has formally trained in molecular biology (PhD at the MRC Human Genetic Unit) and epidemiology (MPH as a Frank Knox Scholar at Harvard), in addition to clinical medicine (Neurology SpR). Patrick’s research combines epidemiology and molecular biology approaches to address the mechanisms by which infections cause chronic autoimmune, neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases. His particular focus is on understanding how Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) causes MS.