Thompson, Prof. Alan James, (born 29 Aug. 1955), Consultant Neurologist, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, since 1990; Garfield Weston Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, since 1998, and Dean, Faculty of Brain Sciences, since 2011, University College London; Chair, Neuroscience Programme, University College London Partners Academic Health Science Centre, since 2014; Senior Investigator, National Institute for Health Research, 2008–16, now Senior Investigator Emeritus