Giorgio Tasca PhD

Clinical Professor of Neuromuscular Science and Honorary Consultant

John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre

Giorgio is Clinical Professor of Neuromuscular Science and Honorary Consultant at the John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Newcastle University, United Kingdom, since January 2023. He received his residency in Neurology in 2011 and completed a PhD in Neuroscience in 2014 at the Catholic University School of Medicine in Rome. His primary areas of research in neuromuscular disorders include muscle imaging in different adult-onset myopathies and muscular dystrophies, and the study of the molecular mechanisms and biomarkers in Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). He is vice-chair of the Neuromuscular Imaging group of the Euro-NMD project (European Reference Network), and leader of the Imaging Working group of the FSHD European Trial Network.

See also: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/people/profile/giorgiotasca.html