Alumnus Association

An invitation to join the Queen Square Alumnus Association

The Queen Square Alumnus Association was established in 1989 in order to foster a collegiate spirit in people who have undertaken part of their training at Queen Square. It is an international association, and organises periodic meetings of Alumni at appropriate international gatherings. Members receive a comprehensive e-newsletter three times a year.

In addition, members are entitled to document delivery services from the Queen Square Library.

Membership is free for people who have studied, trained or worked at Queen Square.

Applications to join and enquiries about the association are welcome from those working in the field of neurological and basic sciences, who have trained at Queen Square.

To register please contact the Alumnus secretary, Mr David Blundred d.blundred@ucl.ac.uk

To view edition 1 (November 2011) of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter please click here.

To view edition 2 (February 2012) of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter please click here.

To view edition 3 (June 2012) of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter please click here

To view edition 4 (December 2012) of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter please click here

Queen Square Alumnus Association Meeting 2013

Dates: 8th & 9th July 2013

Venue: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

Registration fee: £100

Registration: Book your place on the course

Programme
Monday, 8th July 2013
8.25am Registration  
9.00am Welcome and History of Epilepsy at Queen Square Professor Simon Shorvon, ION
9.45am   
New treatments for epilepsy – the ideas of Hughlings Jackson realised Professor Matthew Walker, ION
10.30am Queen Square and the development of Neurology Services in Kenya and East Africa
Professor James Jowi, Alumnus – Kenya
11.05am Coffee and Danish pastries  
11.30am Britain, the “English Malady,” and neuropathic pain Professor Jose Ochoa, Alumnus – Chile
12.15pm Recent developments in Peripheral Nerve Disease Professor Mary Reilly, ION
12.55pm    
PhD highlights – research of current students Dr Atbin Djamshidian-Tehrani, ION
1.10pm
 Lunch  
2.00pm Recent developments in Dementia Research Professor Nick Fox, ION   
2.40pm Australia and Queen Square Dr Catherine Storey, Alumnus - Australia
3.25pm Break  
3.45pm The Present and Future of Neurosurgery Mr George Samandouras, NHNN
4.30pm   
Neurosurgery at Queen Square: A historical perspective Mr Michael Powell
5.10pm rTMS and other non-invasive brain stimulation techniques
Dr Mark Edwards, ION
5.40pm Queen Square Library, Archive and Museum tour (to register contact Mr David Blundred d.blundred@ucl.ac.uk)
 
6.00pm
 Evening Drinks reception
  
Tuesday, 9th July 2013
9.00am   
The History of Therapy of MS over the last two centuries- hopes, frustrations and triumphs
 Professor Jock Murray Alumnus - Canada   
9.50am   
Clinical and Research developments in MS
 Professor Alan Thompson, ION
10.35 am
 Uro-Neurology at Queen Square
 Professor Clare Fowler, ION
11.10 am
 Coffee and Danish pastries
  
11.30am
 Interview with Professor Andrew Lees, ION
  
11.50am
 PhD highlights – research of current students Mr Sundeep Teki, ION
12.10pm
 Kinnier Wilson, his 1912 Brain paper & Movement Disorders at Queen Square
 Professor Niall Quinn, ION
1.00pm    
Lunch
  
1.50pm
 Learning from mouse models about the human condition
 Professor Elizabeth Fisher, ION   
2.20pm   
Huntington’s disease, past, present and future
 Professor Sarah Tabrizi, ION
2.55pm   
Neurology in Thailand & links with Queen Square
 Professor Suthipun Jitpimolmard, Alumnus -      Thailand
3.40pm   
Break
  
4.00pm   
Recent Advances in Neuro-oncology
 Dr Jeremy Rees
4.30pm
 International Teaching in Queen Square: opportunities to contribute and network
 Dr Laura Moriyama, ION
4.55pm
 Ophthalmology and the National Hospital
 Dr Gordon Plant, ION
5.40pm
 Evening Drinks reception
  

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