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Dr Mena Farag
BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP (UK), PGCert (Dist)

Clinical Research Fellow (PhD candidate)
Specialist Registrar in Neurology (ST6)

I am a Clinical Research Fellow and PhD candidate at the Huntington’s Disease Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. My research focuses on the longitudinal analysis of fluid biomarkers and their correlations with grey and white matter volumes in young adult Huntington’s disease gene expansion carriers. This work is contributing to advancing our understanding of early pathological changes in Huntington’s disease with potential implications for future therapeutic interventions. My PhD supervisors are Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Dr Rachael Scahill, and Professor Ed Wild.

I completed my medical training (MBBS) at St George’s, University of London, and achieved First Class Honours in my intercalated BSc in Neuroscience at King’s College London. During my undergraduate studies, I conducted wet lab research at the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, where my dissertation investigated the effects of Odd-skipped (Odd) loss-of-function on neuronal specification in Drosophila melanogaster.

After graduating from medical school, I completed my Academic Foundation Programme (AFP) and Core Medical Training (CMT) in the North West Thames deanery, before obtaining my National Training Number (NTN) in Neurology in South London in 2019. I completed Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK (MRCP(UK)) in 2018 and passed the Specialty Certificate in Neurology (SCE) in 2022. I am currently on an Out-of-Programme Research (OOP R) period to undertake my PhD, after completing ST5 in Neurology. My clinical and academic interests lie in neurodegenerative diseases, translational neuroscience, and the integration of biomarker research into clinical practice and therapeutics.

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Employment (4)

University College London: London, GB

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University College London

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: London, London, GB

2021-08-04 to 2022-08-02 | Specialist Registrar (ST5) (Neurology)
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University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: London, GB

2020-08-05 to 2021-08-03 | Specialist Registrar (ST4) (Neurology)
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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: London, England, GB

2019-08-07 to 2020-08-04 | Specialist Registrar (ST3) (Neurology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University College London: London, GB

2018 to 2022 | Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert) (Dist) - Clinical Neurology
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St George's University of London: London, London, GB

2009 to 2015 | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
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King's College London: London, London, GB

2011 to 2012 | intercalated Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons) - Neuroscience
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Royal College of Physicians: London, GB

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Works (18)

Somatic CAG repeat expansion in blood associates with biomarkers of neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease decades before clinical motor diagnosis

Nature Medicine
2025-01-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Rachael I. Scahill; Mena Farag; Michael J. Murphy; Nicola Z. Hobbs; Michela Leocadi; Christelle Langley; Harry Knights; Marc Ciosi; Kate Fayer; Mitsuko Nakajima et al.
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Huntington’s Disease Clinical Trials Update: September 2024

Journal of Huntington's Disease
2024-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Sarah J Tabrizi; Edward J Wild
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Outcomes of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in Huntington's Disease at a Tertiary Center

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Annabelle Coleman; Harry Knights; Michael J. Murphy; Sangeerthana Rajagopal; Alexiane Touzé; Maryam Shoai; Cara Hearst; Desiree M. Salanio; Edward J. Wild et al.
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Trigeminal neuropathy from root entry zone infarction

Practical Neurology
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Sina Kafiabadi; Amit Roy; Alexander M Rossor; Paul Holmes
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Complementary insights into corticostriatal synapse loss and cognition in Huntington’s disease

Cell Reports Medicine
2023-12-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2666-3791
Contributors: Joseph Hamilton; Mena Farag; Sarah J. Tabrizi
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Validation of remote collection and quantification of blood Neurofilament light in neurological diseases

2023-12-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Annabelle Coleman; Alexiane Touzé; Mena Farag; Marta Pengo; Michael J Murphy; Yara Hassan; Olivia Thackeray; Kate Fayer; Sophie Field; Mitsuko Nakajima et al.
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Advance Care Planning in Huntington’s Disease

Journal of Huntington's Disease
2023-05-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Desiree M. Salanio; Cara Hearst; Daniela Rae; Sarah J. Tabrizi
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Antiphospholipid-related chorea

Practical Neurology
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Beverley J Hunt; Thomasin C Andrews
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Secondary cough headache: Independent course of headache and response to a COX-2 inhibitor

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Anish Bahra
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Etoricoxib and celecoxib sensitive indomethacin‐responsive headache disorders

Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Mena Farag; Anish Bahra
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Improving stroke pathways using an adhesive ambulatory ECG patch: reducing time for patients to ECGs and subsequent results

Future Healthcare Journal
2022-03-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2514-6645
Part of ISSN: 2514-6653
Contributors: Alex Lang; Chandra Basyal; Matthew Benger; Ajay Bhalla; Faye Edwards; Mena Farag; Naveen Gadapa; Yi-Yen K Kee; Seemin Mahmood; Laura Semple et al.
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Suicidal and self‐injurious behavior following adalimumab reference‐to‐generic biosimilar switch

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
2022-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Catherine Ward; Mena Farag; Thomas A. Pollak; Ester Coutinho; Sotiris Posporelis
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Atypical inflammatory demyelinating syndrome with central and peripheral nerve involvement

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85106885271

Part of ISSN: 22110356 22110348
Contributors: Farag, M.; Sibtain, N.; Burge, J.; Chaudhry, V.; Silber, E.
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Attribution bias underlying burns-induced anxiety symptoms

Burns
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85047981098

Part of ISSN: 18791409 03054179
Contributors: Farag, M.; Watson, E.J.R.; Nenadlová, K.; Asher, C.; Al-Aidarous, S.; Mandalia, S.; Williams, L.M.; Edginton, T.L.; Collins, D.; Vizcaychipi, M.P.
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Perioperative Research into Memory (PRiMe): Cognitive impairment following a severe burn injury and critical care admission, part 1

Burns
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85046826897

Part of ISSN: 18791409 03054179
Contributors: Watson, E.J.R.; Nenadlová, K.; Clancy, O.H.; Farag, M.; Nordin, N.A.; Nilsen, A.; Mehmet, A.R.T.; Al-Hindawi, A.; Mandalia, S.; Williams, L.M. et al.
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The value of multidisciplinary team meetings within an early pregnancy assessment unit

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84965011475

Part of ISSN: 13646893 01443615
Contributors: Bharathan, R.; Farag, M.; Hayes, K.
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Serial pharmacological prescribing practices for tic management in Tourette syndrome

Human Psychopharmacology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947045966

Part of ISSN: 10991077 08856222
Contributors: Farag, M.; Stern, J.S.; Simmons, H.; Robertson, M.M.
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Diagnostic issues affecting the epidemiology of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84899139979

Part of ISSN: 17106222
Contributors: Farag, M.
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