{"id":353517,"date":"2025-11-14T07:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=353517"},"modified":"2025-11-28T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T21:35:08","slug":"meet-mark-dallas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/about-us\/our-team-of-experts\/meet-mark-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mark Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"landing-banner hero-banner responsive-banner-block_f4a1c98740ae61ced16428ec4342e115 image-focal-point-right\"\n\t\t style=\"--hh-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 60%);--hh-mobile-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.3), rgba(0,0,0,0.3));\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-2xl gap-l col-xl-6 col-lg-8 justify-content-center py-lg-11xl py-4xl align-items-lg-start align-items-center min-h\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-2xl gap-l align-items-lg-start align-items-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-s gap-s align-items-lg-start align-items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"m-0 text-shadow-hard gap-lg-xl gap-l d-flex flex-column align-items-lg-start align-items-center text-lg-start text-center\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fw-semibold text-white text-9xlarge\" style=\"line-height: 1.2;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet Mark Dallas\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fw-semibold text-white text-3xlarge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMedical Researcher and Doctor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5.webp\" class=\"hero-lcp-image\" alt=\"Meet Mark Dallas\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 968px, (min-width: 992px) 968px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-300x114.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-1024x389.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-768x292.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-1536x583.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x972_5-2048x778.webp 2048w\" \/>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"container my-md-11xl my-2xl\">\n    <div class=\"row flex-row gap-lg-11xl gap-m\">\n        \n        <div class=\"col-lg-7 col-12\">\n                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-l gap-m\">\n\n    \n        <!-- Column 1: Text -->\n                    <h2 class=\"text-purple fw-bold text-start text-4xlarge m-0\">About Me<\/h2>\n        \n        \n    \n                    <div class=\"acf-wysiwyg-reset text-start\"><p>Dr Dallas joined the School of Pharmacy at the University of Reading in 2013. He began his scientific career at the University of Dundee, before moving south to carry out a PhD at the University of Leeds. Following on from his PhD, he was awarded a prestigious research fellowship from Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK. During this fellowship, he became interested in the role of glial cells in Alzheimer\u2019s pathology. His research investigates the regulation of ion channels and transporters; he has an interest in glial cells within the central nervous system.<\/p>\n<p>He has also built up an international profile looking at the ability of carbon monoxide to act as a physiological messenger. This has opened an exciting area of research pointing to their use as therapeutic agents. This work contributes to a growing number of studies highlighting the impact of these cells on neuronal physiology and their influence in pathological states. By furthering our understanding of non-neuronal cells, he hopes to provide much needed therapeutic strategies for the treatment of complex neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>His work has generously been funded by Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK, Alzheimer\u2019s Association, GW Pharmaceuticals, Physiological Society and The Royal Society. He holds numerous positions within the scientific community including the Academic Coordinator for the Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK Thames Valley Network, Neuroscience Theme Lead for the Physiological Society, Editor for the British Journal of Pharmacology and Associate Editor for Physiological Reports. He is also passionate about sharing the complexities of the brain to younger audiences and was involved in developing an award-winning theatre production in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filskittheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filskit theatre company<\/a> entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filskittheatre.com\/copy-of-kaleidoscope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Bright Sparks\u2019<\/a> and more recently is working with Lizzie Burns to produce dementia-related material for school children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n\n        \n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                    <!-- Column 2: Media -->\n            <div class=\"col-lg-5 col-12\">\n\n                                    <div class=\"w-100 h-100 position-relative overflow-hidden rounded-4 hh-defer-wrap\">\n                        \t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mark-Dallas-on-page-image-2.webp\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mark-Dallas-on-page-image-2.webp 370w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mark-Dallas-on-page-image-2-260x300.webp 260w\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsizes=\"100vw\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"A man with short hair, wearing a collared shirt and a jumper, sits indoors and smiles at the camera. 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