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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…

Launch of the Dementias Platform UK

14 January, 2016

The Dementias Platform UK, a large-scale research collaboration, will hold its inaugural meeting in…

Edinburgh in global MS research effort

14 January, 2016

People who suffer from progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) could be helped by a major…

Taking Neurology training to Zambia

14 January, 2016

Professor Peter Sandercock was one of the teachers at a recent European Academy of Neurology-led…

Prize for Edinburgh Exercise After Stroke pathway

14 January, 2016

The Exercise after Stroke pathway in Edinburgh has won an NHS Lothian "Best Innovation"…

Stroke Winter School 2015

14 January, 2016

Registration for the Edinburgh Stroke Winter School is now open.

FOCUS: a new stroke clinical trial

14 January, 2016

£2M funding has been obtained for FOCUS: a multicentre randomised trial to establish the effect of…

Urine test for CJD developed

14 January, 2016

An international team including researchers from CCB has published research suggesting that people…

Global push to fight dementia

14 January, 2016

Dementia experts are forming the world’s largest research group in the field to tackle the…

Causes of depression funding boost

14 January, 2016

People suffering from clinical depression, and those at risk from the condition, could benefit from…

Activity recommendations after stroke

14 January, 2016

Professor Gillian Mead has co-authored a new guideline on physical activity and exercise…