Tourette Syndrome (TS) Research

Stephen Jackson has been conducting research into Tourette Syndrome for over a decade, and has extensive experience using multimodal brain imaging and brain stimulation techniques to understand human sensorimotor function. He is a professor of cognitive neuroscience within the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham. 

Georgina Jackson has been conducting research into Tourette Syndrome for over a decade and has extensive experience using a range of different methods to understand development, learning and cognitive control. She is a professor of cognitive neuroscience within the Institute of Mental health at the Univeristy of Nottingham.

Katherine completed her PhD in 2017, in which she focused on how non-invasive brain stimulation could be used as a therapeutic intervention for neurodevelopmental disorders including Tourette syndrome. Her current work involves using multi-modal approaches to understand how different types of non-invasive brain stimulation work and how these can be reliably developed into useful interventions.

Barbara Morera started her PhD in 2016, where she worked on the development of a safe, non-invasive treatment for Tourette syndrome, involving median nerve stimulation (MNS). In 2019, she continued her work as a Research Associate, and she is now planning to conduct a clinical trial on 2021 to assess the effectiveness of home use MNS as a treatment for tics and urges. 

Jennifer completed her undergraduate and master's degrees at the University of Nottingham. Her dissertation projects throughout were with this research group, working with non-invasive brain stimulation. She stayed to complete a PhD using these techniques to investigate motor learning and plasticity changes in Tourette Syndrome

Mairi Houlgreave has a background in neuroscience and is undertaking a PhD with the Beacon in Precision Imaging at the University of Nottingham. Her project involves combining a variety of neuroimaging techniques to investigate the brain activity associated with tics and the urge-to-tic. She will also investigate how median nerve stimulation may be therapeutically useful in significantly reducing tics.

Hannah Slack has a background in psychology. She completed her masters and undergraduate studies at the University of Nottingham. She is now completing a PhD in which she explores how sense of agency develops across adolescence and in Tourette Syndrome. To achieve this, she runs online behavioural studies.

Caitlin Smith has a background in psychology and is now undertaking a PhD with the Beacon in Precision Imaging at the University of Nottingham. Her project aims to investigate the role of physiological inhibition in somatomotor mapping and sensory experiences in Tourette syndrome using multimodal brain imaging and stimulation techniques.