Congratulations to Professor Joanna Wardlaw who has been awarded £2.74 million to study how cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) causes damage to the brain. Professor Joanna Wardlaw's research is one of five new studies funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate neurodegenerative diseases that give rise to dementia.The studies will help identify new ways to treat or slow down the diseases before symptoms worsen.Based in Edinburgh, Prof Wardlaw and study group members will try to understand how cSVD lead to brain decline. They will use two different drugs to see whether this process can be slowed or reversed.The team will use brain scans and blood tests to monitor changes in people already taking part in treatment trials, including patients with stroke or those who attend memory clinics.On receiving the award, Prof Wardlaw said:"Our collaborative international team of experts is truly delighted to have this opportunity to improve the care of patients affected by cSVD, a common but neglected disorder that currently has no effective treatment." Read the full article from the following link:MRC invests in experimental medicine dementia studies Learn more about cerebral small vessel disease:What is cerebral Small Vessel Disease? This article was published on 2026-01-05
