Funder and facilitator of research into women’s health in multiple sclerosis (MS)
Patient Advocacy
Co-Chair Patient and Public Engagement Group, DeNPRU-QM
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 (DeNPRU-QM).
Moderator ECTRIMS webinar
Initiative on Women's Health
2024
Moderated ECTRIMS webinar Initiative on Women's Health - Review of Unmet Needs featuring Prof. Ruth Ann Marie, University of Dalhousie, Asst Professor Lindsay Ross, Cleveland Clinic Mellen Center and Prof. Mar Tintoré, Catalonio MS Center (Cemcat) and Vall d'Hebron University in Spain.
Moderator
Women and MS/Shift.MS 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