Professor David Burn is a Consultant Neurologist at the RVI’s Neurosciences Centre in Newcastle where he specialises in movement disorders including Parkinson’s Disease and atypical parkinsonism.
A Professor of Movement Disorder Neurology at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Neurologist for the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Professor Burn is a senior NIHR Investigator and Director of the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, located on the University’s Campus for Ageing and Vitality. Since April 2011 he has been Acting Director of the University’s Institute for Ageing and Health.
He qualified from Oxford University and Newcastle upon Tyne Medical School in 1985 where his MD was in the functional imaging of parkinsonism. Research interests include dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Non-Executive Director, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chair, Northern Health Science Alliance Board
- Chair, NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration
Professor Burn took up the position of Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences in February 2017.
Research
Professor Burn has an international reputation for research in dementia associated with Parkinson’s. He is an Emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator, chairs the NIHR Translational Research Collaboration for Dementia and is Chair of the Northern Health Science Alliance Board.
He has been President of the Association of British Neurologists since May 2019.
