Charles ffrench-Constant

Charles Kenvyn ffrench-Constant is a British neurology researcher, specialising in multiple sclerosis. He has been recognised for his "fundamental and sustained contributions that underpin much contemporary research in developmental and regenerative neuroscience". He gained his PhD in neuroscience from UCL in 1986. Following a postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he returned to Cambridge and took up a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wellcome/CRC institute (now the Gurdon Institute).

In March 2021, the University of East Anglia announced that ffrench-Constant had been appointed as pro-vice-chancellor for the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, starting June 2021.

Awards and honours ffrench-Constant was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, and as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2018.

Personal life ffrench-Constant enjoys sailing and walking, and is a season ticket holder at Norwich City F.C.