Professor Christopher Kipps

 Professor Kipps is a consultant neurologist and professor of neurology. He has extensive experience in general neurology, and a particular interest in all forms of dementia, movement disorders and headache.

Professor Kipps qualified at the University of New South Wales in 1993, and undertook post-graduate clinical training in Sydney, Australia. During his training, he worked as a movement disorders fellow at Westmead Hospital and completed a diploma in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sydney. In 2003 he moved to the UK to take up a training fellowship at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, before moving to Cambridge to undertake a research PhD in imaging, neuropsychology and dementia.

Professor Kipps leads the Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Division in the Wessex Clinical Research Network (CRN), co-leads the Interdisciplinary Dementia and Ageing Centre (iDeAC), is theme co-lead for the Data Health and Society Theme in the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre and Clinical Director for R&D at University Hospital Southampton.

Professor Kipps directs a research programme focused on dementia and chronic neurological conditions. His work contributes to a better scientific understanding of these diseases and the development of new diagnostic tools for dementia. Leading a number of clinical trials, Professor Kipps is investigating the potential of new treatments in these fields. He is also particularly interested in how care for patients can be improved.

• General neurology
• Migraine
• Headache
• Dementia (Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, FTD, Lewy body disease, Huntington’s disease)
• Cognitive disorders (Mild cognitive impairment)
• Movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Tremor, Dystonia)
• Multiple sclerosis
• Seizures
• Loss of consciousness
• Collapse
• Neuropathy
• Head injury

• Association British Neurologists (ABN)