Neurologist, Principal Investigator, Motor Rater Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site
Postal address:
Robinson Way CB2 0PY Cambridge U.K.
phone:
+44 1223 331160
fax:
+44 1223 331174
e-mail:
Information about the HD team and clinic
Team members at the Cambridge site include:
Dr Roger Barker (Neurologist)
Ann Kershaw and Dr Lucy Raymond (Medical genetics)
Prof Barbara Sahakian (Neuropsychology)
Sarah Mason (Neuropsychology)
Dr Paul Fletcher and Dr German Berrios (Neuropsychiatry)
Sue Hill (HDA Worker).
Clinic times The clinic is held at the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, every Wednesday from 9am-1pm.
How to get here:
From Cambridge Railway Station
Addenbrookes is a 25 minute walk down Hills Road.
Go straight ahead when you leave the station, turn left at the lights
into Hills Road. Keep on until you see the hospital on the right side
of the road.
The Citi1 and Citi7 buses go from the railway station to the bus
station at Addenbrooke's Hospital. From the bus stop walk towards
the hospital until you are on the hospital ring road (Robinson Way),
turn left until you see the sign for the Forvie Site, follow the road
around and turn left into the Forive Site, and then left again to
the Brain Repair Centre (see the above map for further details).
Taxis from in front of the station. Ask your taxi to go to the Brain
Repair Centre on the Forvie Site, at the South end of Addenbrooke's
off Robinson Way.
From Cambridge city
The Citi1 and Citi 7 buses go from Drummer Street bus terminal to
Addenbrooke's Hospital. The proceed as above. The Citi4
University bus goes from outside Pembroke College and from Silver Street
bridge to Addebrooke's Hospital.
By Car
From the M11 - Take exit 11, direction Cambridge. Continue through
Trumpington until you see a traffic lights with a signpost to the
right to Addenbrooke's, The Rosie, Ring Road. Turn right into Long
Road. At the first lights turn right into Robinson Way. Continue until
you come to a small roundabout with a signpost to University Forvie
Site. Turn right into the Forvie site. The Brain Repair Centre is
on your left.
Other directions - If you come from the south east, Addenbrooke's
is on Hills Road, which goes towards Haverhill.
From other directions you will need to come through Cambridge.
From London
Take a Cambridge train from King's Cross or Liverpool
Street stations. The fastest trains leave at 15 and 45 past the
hour from King's Cross. A train table is available.
From Heathrow
Bus: the National Express bus 787 leaves terminal
four and 10 minutes past each hour and the central bus station for terminals
one to three at 30 minutes past the hour. It takes about three
hours (timing can be unreliable during heavy traffic periods).
Train: take the Heathrow Express to Paddington station.
Go to the Underground, and take a Circle line train to King's Cross
station (five stops). If there is no Circle line train indicated
take a District line to Edgeware Road, where there is often a King's
Cross train waiting. From King's Cross take a Cambridge train
(see above for further information).
From Gatwick
Take a Thameslink train to King's Cross Thameslink station.
Come out of the station, turn left and walk for about 300yrds.
You will come to a main road, and the main line King's Cross station
is on the other side, reached via a subway. You can buy
a single ticket through to Cambridge.
From Stansted
There is a regular hourly service from Stansted to Cambridge operated
by Jetlink (Service no 797 and 757) and Airbus ( Service no A7).
This service departs every hour from Stansted and takes approximately
one hour depending upon the traffic. There is also a railway service
which is faster, but very unreliable.
Map
Map
For a detailed map of the area, click on the following image.
Research interests
NEURAL TRANSPLANTATION;
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;
BIOMARKERS;
SLEEP AND WEIGHT PROBLEMS SEEN IN HD.