Bethan Peach

Professor Bethan Peach (nee Lang) carried out her PhD research in the laboratory of Eric Barnard on the role of acetylcholine (ACh) receptors and after graduating, joined John Newsom-Davis myasthenia research group in Oxford until retirement in 2017. Her research at Oxford determined that Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) was also caused by antibodies, which led to the use of steroids and other immunosuppressant drugs and to a much improved diagnostic blood test.  Bethan is now a trustee of myaware and is currently chair of the medical/scientific committee. Married with two daughters, in her spare time she looks after her two grandchildren, multiple rabbits and chickens and pretends to enjoy watching her football team QPR.