Professor Emeritus John Pollard
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Professor Pollard has an international reputation in the fields of neuropathy and multiple sclerosis. He was Bushell Professor of Neurology, University of Sydney until 2008 and remains Co-Director of the Nerve Research Foundation and a Director of the Brain Mind Research Institute. He is a member of the steering Committee of the World Federation of Neurology and a past-board member of the Peripheral Nerve Society. He remains Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia and Chairman of the MS Interest Group within Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurology. In 2005 he was awarded an AO for his contributions to neurology and in particular to multiple sclerosis. He is also a Board member of the Institute of Neuromuscular Research at the Childrens Hospital, Westmead.
Publications
Book Chapters
- Armati, P., Pollard, J. (2024). Schwann Cells - Immunological Aspects, Expected and Unexpected. In J. Stein (Eds.), Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Online: Elsevier. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Pollard, J. (2016). Myelin Antigens in Guillain-Barre Syndrome: EAN, the Pied Piper of Myelin. In Hugh J Willison, John A Goodfellow (Eds.), GBS100: Celebrating a century of progress in Guillain-Barre syndrome, (pp. 418-422). San Diego: Peripheral Nerve Society.
- Armati, P., Mathey, E., Pollard, J. (2014). Schwann Cell Immunology. In Robert B. Daroff, and Michael J Aminoff (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, (pp. 104-107). UK: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]
Journals
- Nathani, D., Spies, J., Barnett, M., Pollard, J., Wang, M., Sommer, C., Kiernan, M. (2021). Nerve biopsy: Current indications and decision tools. Muscle and Nerve, 64(2), 125-139. [More Information]
- Pollard, J. (2020). Chronic polyradiculoneuro-pathies responsive to immunotherapy do not necessarily show electrophysiologic-al or nerve biopsy evidence of demyelination. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91(11), 1142. [More Information]
- Khalilidehkordi, E., Clarke, L., Arnett, S., Bukhari, W., Jimenez Sanchez, S., O'Gorman, C., Sun, J., Prain, K., Woodhall, M., Silvestrini, R., Dale, R., Fulcher, D., Hawke, S., Heard, R., Lin, M., Pollard, J., Reddel, S., Spies, J., Vucic, S., Barnett, M., Parratt, J., et al (2020). Relapse Patterns in NMOSD: Evidence for Earlier Occurrence of Optic Neuritis and Possible Seasonal Variation. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 1-8. [More Information]
Conferences
- James, B., Kirkup, L., Livett, M., Mendez, A., Mills, D., Newbury, R., Pollard, J., Prosser, J., Sharma, M., Zadnik, M. (2005). Key Findings from the National physics Project on Learning and Teaching. 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress.
- Kirkup, L., Livett, M., Mendez, A., Mills, D., Newbury, R., Pollard, J., Sharma, M., Zadnik, M. (2005). Outcomes and curriculm development in physics: a project evaluating tertiary learning and teaching in Australia. ICPE Conference in New Delhi.
- Sharma, M., Mendez, A., Mills, D., Pollard, J., Livett, M., Kirkup, L., Newbury, R., Zadnik, M. (2005). The evolution of the teaching and learning of physics in Australian universities. HERDSA (Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia Inc) Conference, Australia: HERDSA Inc.
Magazine / Newspaper Articles
- Pollard, J., Sharma, M., Mills, D., Swan, G., Mendez, A. (2006). University physics education in Australia. International Newsletter on Physics Education, IUPAP and ICPE.
Report
- Sharma, M., Mills, D., Mendez, A., Pollard, J. (2005). Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Development in Physics: A Report on Tertiary Physics Teaching and Learning in Australia.
2024
- Armati, P., Pollard, J. (2024). Schwann Cells - Immunological Aspects, Expected and Unexpected. In J. Stein (Eds.), Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. Online: Elsevier. [More Information]
2021
- Nathani, D., Spies, J., Barnett, M., Pollard, J., Wang, M., Sommer, C., Kiernan, M. (2021). Nerve biopsy: Current indications and decision tools. Muscle and Nerve, 64(2), 125-139. [More Information]
2020
- Pollard, J. (2020). Chronic polyradiculoneuro-pathies responsive to immunotherapy do not necessarily show electrophysiologic-al or nerve biopsy evidence of demyelination. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 91(11), 1142. [More Information]
- Khalilidehkordi, E., Clarke, L., Arnett, S., Bukhari, W., Jimenez Sanchez, S., O'Gorman, C., Sun, J., Prain, K., Woodhall, M., Silvestrini, R., Dale, R., Fulcher, D., Hawke, S., Heard, R., Lin, M., Pollard, J., Reddel, S., Spies, J., Vucic, S., Barnett, M., Parratt, J., et al (2020). Relapse Patterns in NMOSD: Evidence for Earlier Occurrence of Optic Neuritis and Possible Seasonal Variation. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 1-8. [More Information]
- Bukhari, W., Clarke, L., O'Gorman, C., Khalilidehkordi, E., Arnett, S., Prain, K., Woodhall, M., Silvestrini, R., Bundell, C., Ramanathan, S., Dale, R., Fulcher, D., Hawke, S., Heard, R., Pollard, J., Brilot-Turville, F., Barnett, M., Spies, J., et al (2020). The clinical profile of NMOSD in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Neurology, 267(5), 1431-1443. [More Information]
2019
- Garg, N., Park, S., Howells, J., Vucic, S., Yiannikas, K., Mathey, E., Nguyen, T., Noto, Y., Barnett, M., Pollard, J., Kiernan, M. (2019). Conduction block in immune-mediated neuropathy: paranodopathy versus axonopathy. European Journal of Neurology, 26(8), 1121-1129. [More Information]
- Nathani, D., Barnett, M., Spies, J., Pollard, J., Wang, M., Kiernan, M. (2019). Vasculitic neuropathy: Comparison of clinical predictors with histopathological outcome. Muscle and Nerve, 59(6), 643-649. [More Information]
2018
- Garg, N., Park, S., Howells, J., Noto, Y., Vucic, S., Yiannikas, C., Tomlinson, S., Huynh, W., Simon, N., Mathey, E., Spies, J., Pollard, J., Kiernan, M., et al (2018). Anti-MAG neuropathy: Role of IgM antibodies, the paranodal junction and juxtaparanodal potassium channels. Clinical Neurophysiology, 129(10), 2162-2169. [More Information]
- Garg, N., Park, S., Yiannikas, K., Vucic, S., Howells, J., Noto, Y., Mathey, E., Pollard, J., Kiernan, M. (2018). Neurofascin-155 IgG4 Neuropathy: Pathophysiological insights, spectrum of clinical severity and response to treatment. Muscle and Nerve, 57(5), 848-851. [More Information]
- Nielsen, S., Germanos, R., Weier, M., Pollard, J., Degenhardt, L., Hall, W., Buckley, N., Farrell, M. (2018). The Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids in Treating Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: a Systematic Review of Reviews. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 18(2), 1-12. [More Information]
2017
- Palmer, E., Kumar, R., Gordon, C., Shaw, M., Hubert, L., Carroll, R., Rio, M., Murray, L., Leffler, M., Pollard, J., et al (2017). A Recurrent De Novo Nonsense Variant in ZSWIM6 Results in Severe Intellectual Disability without Frontonasal or Limb Malformations. American Journal of Human Genetics, 101(6), 995-1005. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Garg, N., Park, S., Nguyen, T., Baker, S., Yuki, N., Yiannikas, K., Lin, C., Spies, J., Ghaoui, R., Barnett, M., Vucic, S., Pollard, J., Kiernan, M. (2017). Autoantibody responses to nodal and paranodal antigens in chronic inflammatory neuropathies. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 309, 41-46. [More Information]
- Garg, N., Park, S., Vucic, S., Yiannikas, C., Spies, J., Howells, J., Huynh, W., Matamala, J., Krishnan, A., Pollard, J., Kiernan, M., et al (2017). Differentiating lower motor neuron syndromes. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 88(6), 474-483. [More Information]
2016
- Barnett, M., Mathey, E., Kiernan, M., Pollard, J. (2016). Axon damage in central nervous system and peripheral nervous system inflammatory demyelinating diseases: common and divergent pathways of dysfunction and tissue damage. Current Opinion In Neurology, 29(3), 213-221. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Pollard, J. (2016). Myelin Antigens in Guillain-Barre Syndrome: EAN, the Pied Piper of Myelin. In Hugh J Willison, John A Goodfellow (Eds.), GBS100: Celebrating a century of progress in Guillain-Barre syndrome, (pp. 418-422). San Diego: Peripheral Nerve Society.
2015
- Broadley, S., Barnett, M., Boggild, M., Brew, B., Butzkueven, H., Heard, R., Hodgkinson, S., Kermode, A., Lechner-Scott, J., Macdonell, R., Parratt, J., Reddel, S., Spies, J., Pollard, J., et al (2015). A new era in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Medical Journal of Australia, 203(3), 139-141. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Park, S., Hughes, R., Pollard, J., Armati, P., Barnett, M., Taylor, B., Dyck, J., Kiernan, M., Lin, C. (2015). Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: from pathology to phenotype. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 86(9), 973-985. [More Information]
2014
- Yan, W., Nguyen, T., Yuki, N., Ji, Q., Yiannikas, K., Pollard, J., Mathey, E. (2014). Antibodies to neurofascin exacerbate adoptive transfer experimental autoimmune neuritis. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 277(1-2), 13-17. [More Information]
- Armati, P., Mathey, E., Pollard, J. (2014). Schwann Cell Immunology. In Robert B. Daroff, and Michael J Aminoff (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences, (pp. 104-107). UK: Elsevier Inc. [More Information]
- Broadley, S., Barnett, M., Boggild, M., Brew, B., Butzkueven, H., Heard, R., Hodgkinson, S., Kermode, A., Lechner-Scott, J., Macdonell, R., Parratt, J., Reddel, S., Spies, J., Pollard, J., et al (2014). Therapeutic approaches to disease modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis in adults: An Australian and New Zealand perspective Part 1 Historical and established therapies. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 21(11), 1835-1846. [More Information]
2013
- Niknami, M., Wang, M., Nguyen, T., Pollard, J. (2013). Beneficial effect of a multimerized immunoglobulin Fc in an animal model of inflammatory neuropathy (experimental autoimmune neuritis). Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 18(2), 141-152. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Pollard, J. (2013). Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 333(1-2), 37-42. [More Information]
- Ng, K., Howells, J., Pollard, J., Burke, D. (2013). Different mechanisms underlying changes in excitability of peripheral nerve sensory and motor axons in multiple sclerosis. Muscle and Nerve, 47(1), 53-60. [More Information]
2012
- Barnett, M., Prineas, J., Buckland, M., Parratt, J., Pollard, J. (2012). Massive astrocyte destruction in neuromyelitis optica despite natalizumab therapy. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 18(1), 108-112. [More Information]
- Honan, C., Brown, R., Hine, D., Vowels, L., Wollin, J., Simmons, R., Pollard, J. (2012). The Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 18(6), 871-880. [More Information]
2011
- Pollard, J., Armati, P. (2011). CIDP - the relevance of recent advances in Schwann cell/axonal neurobiology. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 16(1), 15-23. [More Information]
2010
- Tayebi, M., David, M., Bate, C., Jones, D., Taylor, W., Morton-Chandra, R., Pollard, J., Hawke, S. (2010). Epitope specific anti-prion antibodies up-regulate apolipoprotein e and disrupt membrane cholesterol homeostasis. Journal of General Virology, 91(12), 3105-3115. [More Information]
- Ryan, M., Pollard, J., Ouvrier, R. (2010). Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneurpathy in Childhood. In Russell C Dale, Angela Vincent (Eds.), Inflammatory and Autoimmune Disorders of the Nervous System in Children, (pp. 406-430). London: Mac Keith Press.
- Hughes, R., Gorson, K., Cros, D., Griffin, J., Pollard, J., Vallat, J., Maurer, S., Riester, K., Davar, G., Dawson, K., et al (2010). Intramuscular Interferon Beta-1a in Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy. Neurology, 74(8), 651-657. [More Information]
2009
- Brown, R., Valpiani, E., Tennant, C., Dunn, S., Sharrock, M., Hodgkinson, S., Pollard, J. (2009). Longitudinal assessment of anxiety, depression, and fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis. Psychology and Psychotherapy, 82(1), 41-56. [More Information]
- Barnett, M., Parratt, J., Pollard, J., Prineas, J. (2009). MS: Is it One Disease? The International M S Journal, 16(2), 57-65. [More Information]
- Lincoln, J., Cadavid, D., Pollard, J., McLeod, J., Prineas, J., Dowling, P., Cook, S. (2009). We should use magnetic resonance imaging to classify and monitor the course of multiple sclerosis. JAMA Neurology, 66(3), 412-414. [More Information]
2008
- Parratt, J., Wang, M., Reddel, S., Pollard, J. (2008). Amyloid myopathy: An unusual but important cause of muscle weakness. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 15(3), 350. [More Information]
- Arthur, A., Armati, P., Bye, C., The Southern MS Genetics Consortium, N., Heard, R., Stewart, G., Pollard, J., Booth, D. (2008). Genes implicated in multiple sclerosis pathogenesis from consilience of genotyping and expression profiles in relapse and remission. BMC Medical Genetics, 9(17), 1-12. [More Information]
- Ng, K., Howells, J., Pollard, J., Burke, D. (2008). Up-regulation of slow K+ channels in peripheral motor axons: a transcriptional channelopathy in multiple sclerosis. Brain, 131(11), 3062-3071. [More Information]
2007
- Pollard, J. (2007). Chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy and Schwann cells. In Patricia Armati (Eds.), The Biology of Schwann Cells, (pp. 171-184). New York: Cambridge University Press. [More Information]
- Lin, H., Wang, M., Spies, J., Pollard, J. (2007). Effective treatment of experimental autoimmune neuritis with Fc fragment of human immunoglobulin. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 186(1), 133-140. [More Information]
- Lin, H., Spies, J., Lu, J., Pollard, J. (2007). Effective treatment of experimental autoimmune neuritis with human immunoglobulin. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 256(1-2), 61-67. [More Information]
2006
- Hughes, R., Bouche, P., Cornblath, D., Evers, E., Hadden, R., Hahn, A., Illa, I., Koski, C., Leger, J., Pollard, J., et al (2006). European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripher. European Journal of Neurology, 13(4), 326-332. [More Information]
- van Schaik, I., Bouche, P., Illa, I., Leger, J., Van den Bergh, P., Cornblath, D., Evers, E., Hadden, R., Hughes, R., Koski, C., Pollard, J., et al (2006). European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of multifocal motor neuropathy. European Journal of Neurology, 13(8), 802-808. [More Information]
- Hadden, R., Nobile-Orazio, E., Sommer, C., Hahn, A., Illa, I., Morra, E., Pollard, J., Hughes, R., Bouche, P., Cornblath, D., et al (2006). European Federation of Neurological Societies Peripheral Nerve Society guideline on management of paraproteinaemic demyelinating neuropathies: report of a joint task force of the European Federation of Neurological Societies and the Peripheral Nerve Socie. European Journal of Neurology, 13(8), 809-818. [More Information]
2005
- Brown, R., Tennant, C., Dunn, S., Pollard, J. (2005). A review of stress-relapse interactions in multiple sclerosis: important features and stress-mediating and -moderating variables. Multiple Sclerosis: clinical and laboratory research, 11(4), 477-84. [More Information]
- Spring, P., Kok, C., Nicholson, G., Ing, A., Spies, J., Bassett, M., Cameron, J., Kerlin, P., Bowler, S., Tuck, R., Pollard, J. (2005). Autosomal dominant hereditary sensory neuropathy with chronic cough and gastro-oesophageal reflux: clinical features in two families linked to chromosome 3p22-p24. Brain, 128(12), 2797-2810. [More Information]
- Booth, D., Arthur, A., Teutsch, S., Bye, C., Rubio, J., Armati, P., Pollard, J., Heard, R., Stewart, G. (2005). Gene expression and genotyping studies implicate the interleukin 7 receptor in the pathogenesis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Journal of Molecular Medicine. [More Information]
2004
- Mendez, A., Sharma, M., James, B., Mills, D., Pollard, J., Kirkup, L., Livett, M., Newbury, R., Zadnik, M., Prosser, J. (2004). AUTC Physics Project: Learning outcomes and curriculum development. Scholarly Inquiry into Science Teaching and Learning Conference.
2003
- Kok, C., Kennerson, M., Spring, P., Ing, A., Pollard, J., Nicholson, G. (2003). A locus for Hereditary sensory neuropathy with cough and gastroesophageal reflux on Chromosome 3p22-p24. American Journal of Human Genetics, 73(3), 632-637. [More Information]
- Pollard, J., Ouvrier, R. (2003). Chronic axonal neuropathy with triophosphate isomerase deficiency. Pediatric Neurology, 11, 146-148.
- Mathey, E., Pollard, J., Armati, P. (2003). In situ hybridization for Cytokines in human tissue biopsy. In Marc de Lay (Eds.), Cytokine Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology), (pp. 41-46). United States: Humana Press.
2002
- Pollard, J. (2002). Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. Current Opinion In Neurology, 15(3), 279-283. [More Information]
2001
- Iland, H., Barnett, M., Pollard, J., Supple, S. (2001). A spontaneous novel XK gene mutation in a patient with McLeod syndrome. British Journal of Haematology, 115, 369-372.
- Taylor, J., Pollard, J. (2001). Dominance of autoreactive T cell-mediated delayed-type hypersensitivity or antibody-mediated demyelination results in distinct forms of experimental autoimmune neuritis in the Lewis rat. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 60, 637-646. [More Information]
- Mathey, E., Armati, P., Pollard, J., Andorfer, B., Kieseier,, B., Oka,, N., Hartung, H. (2001). Expression and distribution of transcription factor NF-kB and inhibitor IkB in the inflamed peripheral nervous system. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 116, 226-232.
2000
- Sander, S., Ouvrier, R., McLeod, J., Nicholson, G., Pollard, J. (2000). Clinical syndromes associated with tomacula or myelin swellings in sural nerve biopsies. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 68, 483-488. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2016
- Nodal Function in Peripheral Neuroinflammatory Disorders: Target Antigens, Functional Significance and Treatment Response, Kiernan M, Lin C, Pollard J, Mathey E, Park S, Vucic S, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
2012
- Funding for Part-time Structured Neuroradiology Fellowship, Pollard J, Barnett M, Biogen Australia Pty Ltd/Research Support
- Leica PowerMosaic plus microsope upgrade for flexible, high-resolution slide scanning, Gamble J, Feng C, McCaughan G, Fazekas de St Groth B, Weninger W, Shackel N, Bertolino P, Lovelace M, Saunders B, Armati P, Pollard J, Pai S, Arnold J, Triccas J, Goldsbury C, Bailey C, Mrass P, Rasko J, Biro M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Equipment Grant