Previous ION Sustainability award winners

2023 Sustainability Award winners at the Institute

Green Impact (Office awards)

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  • Gold
    • IoN Admin* 
    • Dementia Research Centre 
    • Queen Square Library

*includes : Brain Repair and Rehabilitation and Neuroinflammation (Russell Square House), Imaging Neuroscience (12 Queen Square), Neurodegenerative Disease (Queen Square House), Education Team (7 Queen Square), 23 Queen Square Admin, Clinical and Movement Neurosciences (33 Queen Square), Neuromuscular Diseases (Queen Square House), UK DRI at UCL (Cruciform) and Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy (33 Queen Square)

LEAF (Labs awards)

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Gold
  • Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy 
  • Department of Clinical and Movement Neuroscience
  • NMD-Cruciform Building
  • Brain Repair and Rehabilitation - Spinal Repair Unit
  • UK DRI
  • Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging

2022 winners

Green Impact (Office awards)

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  • Gold
    • IoN Admin* 
    • Queen Square Library
    • Dementia Research Centre 

*includes : Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (Russell Square House), Imaging Neuroscience (12 Queen Square), Neurodegenerative Disease (Queen Square House), Education Team (7 Queen Square) and Admin and Library (23 Queen Square), Neuromuscular Diseases (Queen Square House), UK DRI at UCL (Cruciform)

LEAF (Labs awards)

Martin congratulated those who had taken an Institute wide approach, including ION, for which he thanked Steffy Czieso for co-ordinating.

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Silver

  • Neuroinflammation 
  • Imaging Neurosciences
  • Clinical and Movement Neurosciences

Gold

  • Neurodegenerative Disease 
  • Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy 
  • UK DRI at UCL 
  • Neuromuscular Diseases 

Sustainability Research Award

LinkWe're delighted to announce that Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (Deputy Director for Sustainability, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) was presented with the Sustainability Research award for co-ordinating investigations of the impact of climate change on people with neurological conditions. To address these issues, Professor Sisodiya established a consortium of neurologists, scientists, epilepsy nurses, representatives from industry and charities supporting people with epilepsy, called Epilepsy Climate Change.

2021 winners

Green Impact (Office awards)

  • IoN Admin* (Silver)
  • Queen Square Library (Silver)
  • Dementia Research Centre (Gold)

*includes : Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (Russell Square House), Imaging Neuroscience (12 Queen Square), Neurodegenerative Disease (Queen Square House), Education Team (7 Queen Square) and Admin and Library (23 Queen Square), Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research (RSH) 

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LEAF (Labs awards)

Martin Farley presented the LEAF awards and commended ION for the co-ordination of their sustainability work, led by Stephanie Czieso.

Bronze

  • Neuroinflammation (Wakefield Street)
  • Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
  • Clinical and Movement Neurosciences

Silver

  • Neurodegenerative Disease 
  • Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy 
  • UK DRI at UCL 

Gold

  • Neuromuscular Diseases 
  • Neuromuscular Diseases (Cruciform) 

2020 winners

Green Impact (Office awards)

  • Silver:

    • Ion Admin* 

  • Gold:

    • Dementia Research Centre
    • Queen Square Library
    • Cortex Lab

*includes : Brain Repair and Rehabilitation (Russell Square House), Imaging Neuroscience (12 Queen Square), Neurodegenerative Disease (Queen Square House), Education Team (7 Queen Square) and Admin and Library (23 Queen Square)

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LEAF (Labs awards)

  • Bronze :

    • Neuroinflammation (Wakefield Street);
    • Neurodegenerative Disease (Bates Lab, Queen Square House);
    • Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
    • Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
    • Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
    • UK DRI at UCL
    • Clinical Neurosciences

  • Silver 

    • Neurodegenerative Disease & Neuromuscular Diseases 
    • (level 4, Queen Square House)

  • Gold

    • Neurodegenerative Disease, Clinical and Movement Neuroscience & Neuromuscular Diseases 
    • (level 7, Queen Square House)
    • Neuromuscular Diseases
    • (level 2 and 5, Queen Square House)

    • Cortex Lab 

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    2019 winners

    IoN admin Bronze

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    HPF Labs Silver

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    NMD Labs Gold

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    Full list of 2019 IoN award winners

    • IoN admin - Office Bronze;
    • DRC  - Office Bronze;
    • HPF Labs - Labs Silver;
    • 4th floor IoN Labs - Labs Bronze;
    • Neuromuscular Diseases (Brownstone, Greensmith and Schiavo) - Labs Gold ;
    • DRI Labs Cruciform - Labs Bronze; 
    • Cortexlab - Labs  and Office Silver

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    2018 winners

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    The event, held on September 4th, celebrated the achievements of staff and students across UCL who are making a real contribution to the University’s sustainability agenda by taking part in Green Impact, UCL’s Sustainability Engagement Programme.

    • IoN - Office Excellence
    • Queen Square Library - Office Platinum
    • Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders - Labs Gold
    • “Wakefield Street Brainiacs” (Department of Molecular Neuroscience and The Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies) - Labs Bronze

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    Debbie Hadley receiving the Labs Gold award

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    Argyro Alatza receiving the Labs Bronze award

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    Sarah Lawson receiving the Office Excellence award

    "I’m very pleased that ION, which is organised in a very large and complex estate, has achieved such outstanding success in this year’s Green Impact awards, building on the success from previous years. An increasing number of our departments and teams are committing to this important topic, including our labs, for which we have received Gold and Bronze Awards. Our commitment to sustainability illustrates a commendable team effort led by our ION Green Champion Sarah Lawson.” Dr Helene Crutzen, Institute Manager