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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…

Trial findings: iPad intervention in autism

14 January, 2016

Nov 2015: The findings of the Click-East trial led by Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson show that the use of…

Arthur Fonville Award recipients announced

14 January, 2016

Congratulations to the three winners of the inaugural year of the Arthur Fonville Award for Stroke…

Royal tour of new CCBS offices

14 January, 2016

The Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, HRH The Princess Royal, has met CCBS researchers and…

Postgraduate Administrator position available

14 January, 2016

CCBS is now recruiting a Postgraduate Administrator.

Brain cooling lessens chances of head injury recovery

14 January, 2016

A team led by CCBS researchers has found in a clinical trial that head injury patients do not…

Welcome to clinical fellow Dr Ingrid Hoeritzauer

14 January, 2016

Dr Ingrid Hoeritzauer has recently joined CCBS on a clinical fellowship. She will be investigating…

New funding for prion disease research

14 January, 2016

Dr Mark Head and colleagues have been awarded an NC3Rs grant to develop a stem cell-derived…

Winning team at Farr Institute PhD Summer School

14 January, 2016

Many congratulations to Tim Wilkinson, CCBS Clinical Research Fellow, who was part of this year…

Clinical academic fellowship for Yvonne Chun

14 January, 2016

Clinical research fellow Yvonne Chun has been awarded a clinical academic fellowship from the Chief…

Development Autism Research Technology newsletter

14 January, 2016

Below is the annual newsletter from the DART (Development Autism Research Technology) project led…