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Could a dementia-free world become a reality?

06 March, 2017

March 2017: A recording of Professor Craig Ritchie's Inaugural Lecture is now online.

Genetic clue to causes of depression revealed in major study

27 February, 2017

Feb 2017: Professor Andrew McIntosh and colleagues have published research that implicates variants…

New programme award to reduce sedentary behaviour after a stroke

16 February, 2017

Feb 2017: Congratulations to CCBS Professor Gillian Mead, who is part of a new £3M NIHR award to…

Chancellor opens new imaging suites

16 February, 2017

Feb 2017: Two advanced medical scanners have been installed as part of a £14 million makeover of…

Yvonne Chun awarded Wilfred Card Lectureship 2016

17 January, 2017

Jan 2017: Congratulations to clinical academic fellow Yvonne Chun, who has been awarded the Wilfred…

Study reveals genetic clue to causes of depression

10 January, 2017

Jan 2017: CCBS researchers have published their findings that a type of depression could be…

SPRINT-MND/MS: Scottish PhDs in motor neurone disease & multiple sclerosis research

19 December, 2016

SPRINT-MND/MS: a network of PhD studentships across five Scottish Universities, is open for…

New MRI brain scanner now operational

06 December, 2016

Dec 2016: Edinburgh Imaging is delighted to announce that a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…

We are recruiting an Operations Manager

06 December, 2016

Dec 2016: The Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences is looking for an Operations Manager to lead…

Arthur Fonville Award winners 2016

30 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Congratulations to the two winners of this year's Arthur Fonville Award for Stroke…

Danielle Leighton wins presentation prize

27 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Congratulations to Dr Danielle Leighton, who was awarded prize for best platform…

Functional Disorders: new book, meeting & good news from the team

14 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Congratulations to CCBS researchers Jon Stone and Alan Carson, who have co-edited the…

Euan MacDonald Centre PhD studentship competition now open

09 November, 2016

Nov 2017: Applications for the Euan MacDonald Centre PhD studentship, commencing Sept 2017, are now…

Study of UK patients with growth hormone-associated CJD points to a single prion strain

07 November, 2016

Nov 2016: Researchers from the National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit have studied the…

Dementia study lists everyday risk factors

01 November, 2016

Oct 2016: CCBS researchers have created a shortlist of environmental factors that may contribute to…

How patients get involved with RUSH research

11 October, 2016

Oct 2016: The Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage (RUSH) team has assembled an active…

Tackling ADHD in young prisoners

10 October, 2016

Oct 2016: Professor Lindsay Thomson is taking part in a study to see whether a drug called…

Parkinson’s study could pave way for early detection test

29 August, 2016

Aug 2016: CCBS researchers have developed a way of detecting a protein linked to Parkinson's…

Chronic pain linked to partners of people with depression

17 August, 2016

Aug 2016: CCBS researchers have published research indicating that the partners of people with…

Study confirms gene link to brain disorders

15 August, 2016

Brain scans carried out by researchers in the Division of Psychiatry have revealed how a genetic…