Andy Meaney

For my PhD I used Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to examine changes to cortico-spinal excitability after physical activity of different intensities in people with Multiple Sclerosis .

For 15 years I was Head of the CLEAR Unit, the clinical research center at Oxford Brookes University, managing research and trials in association with the Depts of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience, Centre for Neuro-imaging, Pediatrics, Cardiology and Renal Medicine at University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals.

I’ve conducted studies in children and adults with brain/spinal injuries, neurological disease, neuro-developmental and coordination disorders, neurological, physical and cognitive disability, Cardiometabolic disease, Kidney Dialysis patients and other age-related diseases and disorders.

Clinical trials include a series of brain-imaging studies in children, Cerebral Palsy, Motor Neurone Disease, Brain Cancer, Muscular Dystrophy, Special Educational Needs, Dyspraxia, Paraplegia/Tetraplegia, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, Huntington’s Disease. I was involved with the assessment of a device to determine concussion in elite Rugby players. 

Previous posts include Clinical Research Consultant at Oxford University Hospitals and Research Fellow at the Medical School, University of Exeter.