Rachel Horne

Journalist, Honorary Research Fellow & Founder of the Rachel Horne Prize for Women's Research in MS


Co-Chair Patient and Public Engagement Group, DeNPRU-QM



January 2024-2027


Co-chair of the monthly Patient and Public Engagement Group (PPEG), part of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration based at Queen Mary University, London (De-NPRU-QM)



Moderator ECTRIMS webinar



Initiative on Women's Health

November 2024


Moderated ECTRIMS webinar ​Initiative on Women's Health - Review of Unmet Needs featuring Prof Ruth Anne Marie, University of Dalhousie, Asst Professor Lindsay Ross, Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center and Professor Mar Tintoré, Catalonio MS Center (Cemcat) and Vall d'Hebron University in Spain.


post webinar recap

Women and MS/Shift.MS



Moderator Panel Discussion

ECTRIMS/ACTRIMS Conference

​Milan 2023


Chaired a discussion of the specific health challenges women with MS face - such as family planning, pregnancy and menopause - while also managing the disease.





Panel from left:
Birgit Bauer, MS patient & advocate; Rachel Horne, Panel Chair;
Prof Ruth Dobson, world-renowned MS expert; Roberta Motta, MS Nurse; and Roberta Incardona who lives with MS



AttackMS Study -
PPI for the Trial Management Group



2021-2024


For three years, I represented the patient voice in a multi-centred study aiming to see if starting highly-effective disease modifying treatment very early on people who present with symptoms of MS helps protect brain tissue.




Discussing the AttackMS trial with Professor Klaus Schmierer for the Neurology Academy





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