Dr Tom Massey

Dr Tom Massey is a clinical academic Neurologist, whose research focuses on genetic modifiers and therapeutic targets for Huntington’s disease (HD). Dr Massey studied Biochemistry at Cambridge University, before completing his PhD at Oxford in mechanisms of DNA repair. He then trained in Medicine at Oxford University, before beginning a Welsh Clinical Academic Training Fellowship in Neurology in 2013. He was awarded a Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the MRC to develop a programme of research into genetic modifiers of HD. In 2021, he completed his neurology training and became a Consultant Neurologist, and was then award an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship to further develop his work on genetic modifiers and therapeutic targets for HD. Dr Massey joined the UK DRI in Cardiff as a Group Leader in 2023.