Jul-Dec 2019

CCBS news from July to December 2019.

News listing

Publication date

Personal Chair for David Hunt

11 February, 2020

Feb 2020: Many congratulations to David Hunt who has become Professor of Neuroinflammatory Medicine.

New clinical trial seeks people with motor neurone disease

15 January, 2020

January 2020: CCBS researchers have launched the innovative MND-SMART clinical trial for people…

Winners of the Arthur Fonville Award 2019

26 November, 2019

Nov 2019: Many congratulations to the two winners of this year's Arthur Fonville Award.

One in four memory clinic patients at risk of receiving wrong advice

13 November, 2019

Nov 2019: Almost a quarter of people who attend memory clinics have a poorly understood brain…

New publication: a link between glial cell disruption and major mental illness

24 September, 2019

Sep 2019: CCBS researchers have published findings suggesting a link between changes in…

Mysteries of the human brain to be uncovered

24 September, 2019

Sep 2019: Prof Seth Grant has been awarded funding to map the human brain in unprecedented detail,…

J.K. Rowling donates further £15m to multiple sclerosis research

12 September, 2019

Sep 2019: The author J.K. Rowling has donated £15.3m to the University of Edinburgh to help improve…

David Hunt awarded Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship

18 June, 2019

Jun 2019: Many congratulations to Dr David Hunt, who has been awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust…

Brain disorder leaves lasting legacy of disability

13 June, 2019

June 2019: New research from CCBS has found that 80% of people with Functional Neurological…

Prizes for CCBS clinical fellows at national neurologists' meeting

05 June, 2019

June 2019: Many congratulations to three CCBS clinical research fellows, who were award recipients…