Congratulations to Dr Laura Benjamin who has been awarded the Federick Murgatroyd Prize. The Federick Murgatroyd Prize is awarded to medical graduates who have made an important contribution to the science or practice of tropical medicine. Laura is a Principal Clinical Research Fellow at The MRC Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, UCL and an…
Category: Awards & Appointments
Sarah Tabrizi elected to the US National Academy of Medicine
Congratulations to Professor Sarah Tabrizi who has recently been elected to the US National Academy of Medicine. Sarah is Professor of Clinical Neurology at University College London, UK, Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Director of UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, and Joint Head of Department of Neurodegenerative Disease. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest…
Professor Anna Williams and Professor Tilo Kunath appointed as Co-Directors of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Congratulations to Professor Anna Williams and Professor Tilo Kunath who have been appointed as Co-Directors of the Centre for Regenerative Medicine. Professor Williams is a Professor of Regenerative Neurology and Honorary Consultant Neurologist and Professor Kunath is a Chair of Regenerative Neurobiology. Both new Co-Directors have been Principal Investigators in the Centre from its very…
2024 Tom Isaacs Award honours Parkinson’s expert Professor Oliver Bandmann
Cure Parkinson’s and Van Andel Institute (VAI) have announced Professor Oliver Bandmann as the winner of the 2024 Tom Isaacs Award, which honours researchers who closely collaborate with the Parkinson’s community. The award was virtually presented to Professor Bandmann as part of the annual Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease symposium and parallel Rallying to the…
WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award 2024 Winner
Dr Christian Endisch, a physician with a neurology residency at the department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Germany, is the winner of the 2024 World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (WFNR) Franz Gerstenbrand Award. Announced this month at the 13th World Congress for Neurorehabilitation in Vancouver, Canada, Dr Endisch said: “I’m delighted to…
AI award for Queen Mary University of London and icometrix
Queen Mary and icometrix have together been awarded the prestigious AI Award in Health and Care by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) 7th March 2023 The collaborative programme will investigate the impact of AI on the assessment of MRI and decision making for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). It is hoped…
WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award 2022
This year’s WFNR Franz Gerstenbrand Award closes for entries on 31st October, with £3,000 for the winner. The Award is open to clinicians, researchers or allied health professionals worldwide currently working in neurorehabilitation. Entries are open to WFNR members and non-members and are particularly encouraged from those individuals under the age of 35 years. …
Manoj Sivan to deliver keynote lecture at AFRM conference
The Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine has invited Dr Manoj Sivan to deliver the keynote lecture at its conference in Melbourne, Australia on 12 May, 2022. Dr Sivan one of only three UK rehabilitation specialists to have ever been invited to give this prestigious lecture. The AFRM’s annual keynote lecture was named the George Burniston…
Encephalitis Society Silver Jubilee PhD Fellowship 2019 – Host academic Institution sought
The Encephalitis Society are seeking an academic institution to host the 2019 Encephalitis Society PhD Fellowship. Deadline: Monday, December 31, 2018
