Dr Zameel Cader
Director of the Oxford Headache Centre; Director of StemBANCC; Associate Professor of Clinical Neurosciences; Consultant Neurologist
About
Dr Cader's research focuses on understanding the mechanism underlying neurogenetic disorders such as migraine and nerve degeneration. He is Director of the Oxford Headache Centre and of StemBANCC, a major public-private partnership aiming to develop the resources and expertise for successful drug development on a stem cell platform. He is also a practising consultant neurologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Expertise
- Neuroscience
- Stem cells
- Translational research
- Drug discovery
- Migraine, headache
- Neurodegeneration
- Ataxia
Selected publications
- Dominant, toxic gain-of-function mutations in gars lead to non-cell autonomous neuropathology (2015)
- Altered neurochemical coupling in the occipital cortex in migraine with visual aura (2015)
- EBNA2 binds to genomic intervals associated with multiple sclerosis and overlaps with vitamin D receptor occupancy (2015)
Media experience
Dr Cader has experience of TV and radio interviews, including for BBC, ITV, Sky, ABC, Fox and others, and has taken part in media briefings.