Patrick McHugh

Reader, Department of Pharmacy
Director, Centre for Biomarker Research
School of Applied Sciences
Secondary Membership, Cellular and Molecular Models of Disease Centre

Phone01484 472074
EmailP.C.McHugh@hud.ac.uk
Websitehttps://research.hud.ac.uk

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Biography

Dr McHugh completed his PhD in Stem Cell model development and Pharmacogenomics, which was followed by postdoctoral work in the University of Otago’s Department of Pathology. Dr McHugh then worked as a Research Fellow in the University of Otago’s Carney Centre for Pharmacogenomics and the University of Bath’s Department of Biochemistry. In late 2011 Dr McHugh joined the University of Huddersfield as a Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Science’s Department of Pharmacy. Dr McHugh’s group focuses predominantly in the key biomedical research areas of biomarker discovery and stem cell research, which encompasses several diseases/conditions including psychiatric, neurological & neurodegenerative disorders.

Research Expertise and Interests

The development of induced pluripotent stem cell models of disease.
Development of novel compounds for the treatment of CNS diseases.
The development of disease biomarkers.
The mechanism of action of CNS drugs.
The aetiology of CNS disease.

Research Degree Supervision

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Research Expertise and Interests

PCR
Cell Culture
Imminohistochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Proteins
Neurobiology
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurodegeneration
Neurological Diseases
Neurobiology and Brain Psychology
Neuropharmacology
Real-Time PCR
Cellular Neuroscience
Neuroprotection
Brain Diseases
Pharmacy
Neuroinflammation
Multiple Sclerosis
Neurological Disorders
Microarray Analysis
Neuron Culture
Protein Folding
Molecular Neurobiology
Neurobiochemistry
Neurochemistry
Neurogenesis
Neuronal Differentiation
Aggregation
Biology of Aging
Protein Misfolding
Tauopathies
Prion Diseases
Prion Protein
Beta Amyloid
Alpha-Synuclein

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Projects

1 Finished

Improving the understanding and treatment of neuropathic pain

McHugh, P.

1/02/14 → 31/01/16

Project: Research

Research Output

32 Article
1 Letter
1 Review article

Evolution of a maternal immune activation (mIA) model in rats: Early developmental effects

Murray, K. N., Edye, M. E., Manca, M., Vernon, A. C., Oladipo, J. M., Fasolino, V., Harte, M. K., Mason, V., Grayson, B., McHugh, P. C., Knuesel, I., Prinssen, E. P., Hager, R. & Neill, J. C., Jan 2019, In : Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 75, p. 48-59 12 p.