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CCBS news from January to June 2017.

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Latest Psychiatry Lectures now online

14 January, 2016

Jan 2016: The most recent set of talks from the Psychiatry Special Lecture Series is now available…

Sue Flectcher-Watson joins CCBS

14 January, 2016

Chancellor's Fellow Sue Fletcher-Watson is a developmental psychologist who has recently…

Edinburgh Neuroscience gets a bronze in REF2014

14 January, 2016

Edinburgh Neuroscience leaps to 3rd place in UK REF2014.

Cannabis medicine tested in childhood epilepsy

14 January, 2016

Children with severe epilepsy could be helped by a new treatment derived from the cannabis plant.

PhD studentships available - apply now!

14 January, 2016

Our PhD studentships are now open to applications.

Welcome to new Princess Margaret Research Development Fellows

14 January, 2016

We would like to welcome three new clinical research fellows to CCBS: Yvonne Chun, Catherine…

Public lectures now available: epilepsy and stroke

14 January, 2016

Two public lectures by CCBS Principal Investigators that were given as part of the University of…

'Research Nurse of the Year' nomination for Chris Lerpiniere

14 January, 2016

Chris Lerpiniere was nominated for 'Research Nurse of the Year' at the Scottish Research…

Height linked to dementia risk

14 January, 2016

People who are shorter than average height have an increased risk of dying with dementia, a study…

Eye test could detect early stages of dementia

14 January, 2016

CCBS researchers, with colleagues in Dundee, have secured funding to assess whether an eye test…