David Nicholl (neurologist)

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David Nicholl is a neurologist, human rights activist, fundraiser for Amnesty International, and online columnist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. [1] In March 2006 he initiated a letter in the medical journal The Lancet , signed by more than 250 medical experts, urging the United States to stop force-feeding at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and close down the prison camp. [2] He is also a principal author of a reference work on neurological conditions [3]

Nicholl holds the position of consultant neurologist at City Hospital Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and is honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham.

Nicholl is a specialist in Parkinson's disease, and is best known scientifically for his participation in the project for cloning a gene, PARK8, linked with at least one form of the disease. [4]

In 2014, Nicholl signed a statement of support for Moazzam Begg, following Begg's arrest for allegations of supporting terrorism in the Syrian Civil War [5] in a case which subsequently collapsed. [6] [7]

He stood for the Liberal Democrats in Bromsgrove at the 2019 general election. He got 6,779 votes (12.5%), and lost to the Conservative candidate Sajid Javid. [8] [9]

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References

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  8. "Dr David Nicholl Lib Dem PPC for Bromsgrove (@djnicholl) | Twitter". twitter.com.
  9. "Doctor smeared by Jacob Rees-Mogg to stand for the Liberal Democrats". Mark Pack. 27 September 2019.