Jan-Jun 2015

Archived news items from January to June 2015

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Neuroresearchers Fund awards

14 January, 2016

Congratulations to two CCBS researchers who have been awarded Neuroresearcher funds.

CBE for Professor Joanna Wardlaw

14 January, 2016

Jan 2016: Many congratulations to Professor Joanna Wardlaw, Head of Neuroimaging Sciences, who has…

Study pinpoints risk of brain bleeds

14 January, 2016

Dec 2015: People at risk of a bleed in their brain will be helped by a study that has calculated…

Lifetime achievement award for Peter Sandercock

14 January, 2016

Dec 2015: Congratulations to Prof Peter Sandercock on his Lifetime Achievement Award by the UK…

Launch of Centre for Dementia Prevention

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: People living with dementia and their families are set to benefit from a new centre aimed…

Study bid to predict MS severity

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: Better ways of predicting disease activity in people with MS will be the focus of a new…

Languages help stroke recovery

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: People who speak more than one language are more likely to recover from a stroke than…

Study to boost health of premature babies

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: Babies are to be tracked from birth to adulthood in a bid to find new ways of preventing…

Brain study sheds light on epilepsy seizures

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: A study of how brain cells communicate with each other when minds are most active could…

Funding boost for stroke research

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: Stroke patients will be helped by renewed funding to trial medicines aimed at treating…