CNR Seminars

Lectures delivered by national and international experts on a range of topics every month at Queen Square

Seminars generally take place in the basement lecture theatre of 33 Queen Square on the 2nd Thursday of the month (might vary) at 5.30pm. Discussion after the talk may continue up until 7pm. 

Attendance is free, but you must register for free (details will be available prior to each talk). Do join us for refreshments and networking afterwards in the foyer.

Upcoming CNR Seminars

• Dr Kate Hayward (The University of Melbourne) - Monday 13 May 2024
• Professor Jenny Freeman (University of Plymouth) - Thursday 12 September 2024

CNR Seminars in 2013

Non-medical clinical academic careers:  what are they all about? 

Pip Logan (University of Nottingham).  9^th May 2013

 

Using magnetic brain stimulation to study neuroplasticity and its relevance to neurorehabilitation  Michael Ridding (University of Adelaide).  23^rd May 2013

 

Patient and Public Engagement - designing for people with multiple sclerosis

Alison Thomson (Queen Mary University of London).  13^th June 2013

 

Functional improvement after repair of brachial plexus avulsion:  can we do better? 

David  Choi (UCL Institute of Neurology).  11^th July 2013

 

Two perspectives of motor recovery after stroke 

Winston Byblow (University of Auckland).   2^nd September 2013

 

Semaphore:  some preliminary results of an RCT of treatment of word retrieval in patients with aphasia  

David Howard (University of Newcastle).  12^th September 2013

 

Cerebral networks – why do we have them?  How can we use them? 

Owen White (University of Melbourne).  8^th October 2013

 

Experimental drugs for treatment of spasticity

David Baker (Queen Mary University of London).  14^th November 2013

CNR Seminars in 2014

Rehabilitation in neurological cancers:  are we getting it right

Gail Eva (Brunel University).  13^th February 2014

 

Self-management after stroke

Fiona Jones (St George’s University of London).  13^th March 2014

 

Pathophysiology and rehabilitation of walking and balance in hereditary spastic paraparesis

Jon Marsden (University of Plymouth).  10^th April 2014

 

The spontaneous recovery process after stroke – what happens in humans 

Cathy Stinear and Winston Byblow (University of Auckland).  14^th April 2014

 

Music therapy in the assessment and rehabilitation of those with disorders of consciousness   

Julian O’Kelly (Royal Hospital for Neurodisability).  8^th May 2014

 

Rehabilitation for people with neuromuscular disease 

Gita Ramdharry (St George’s University of London).  12^th June 2014

 

Preventable dementias:  Conceptual and scientific bases

Vladimir Hachinski (University of Western Ontario, Canada).  18^th June 2014

 

Implementing rehabilitation pathways for people with brain and CNS tumours

Sara Robson and Julie Emerson (The Christie Hospital, Manchester).  19^th June 2014

 

Upper extremity stroke rehabilitation - pointing to the future 

Steve Wolf (Emory University School of Medicine, GA, USA).  4^th July 2014

 

Vocational rehabilitaton after acquired brain injury

Andy Tyerman (Buckingham Healthcare NHS Trust).  10^th July 2014

 

Tapping into neuroplasticity to improve continence in spinal cord injury

 Natalia Vasquez (Royal National Orthopedics Hospital).  14^th August 2014

 

Lost in translation?  Vestibular function , falls risk assessment and balance rehabilitation in older adults and possibilities for translation into neurorehabilitation

Matt Liston (Kingston University and St George’s University of London).  11^th September 2014

 

iCycle:  electrical stimulation for motor recovery in spinal cord injury

Nick Donaldson and Jane Burridge (University College London and Southampton University).  16^th October 2014

 

Awareness of illness following brain damage 

Aikaterini Fotopoulou (UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences).  13^th November 2014

 

RATULS robot trial for upper limb dysfunction after stroke 

Duncan Turner (University of East London).  11^th December 2014

 

CNR Seminars in 2015

Services offered by Headway East London – a charity supporting people  affected  by brain injury.  The model and brain injury survivors’ experience of the service

Amanda d’Souza and brain injury survivors (Headway East London and Homerton University Hospital).  12^th February 2015

 

Enhancing physical activity in people with MS:  An overview of the evidence

Jenny Freeman (Plymouth University).  12^th March 2015

 

Reaching, robots and rehabilitation. Brain activity and the effects of practice

George Wittenberg (University of Maryland).  23^rd March 2015

 

Habilitation – the art of person-environment interactions, or rehabilitation before you need it

Nick Tyler (University College London).   9^th April 2015

 

Optimizing health environments:  the science of enrichment and evidence-based design

Julie Bernhardt (University of Melbourne).  14^th April 2015

 

What do we mean by brain plasticity, and is there more of it than usual after stroke? 

John Rothwell (University College London).  14^th May 2015

 

The trials of conducting  trials.  Practical problems encountered in rehab research and possible solutions

Avril Drummond (Nottingham University).  11^th June 2015

 

Cognitive assessment in multiple  sclerosis

Dawn Langdon (Royal Holloway University of London).  10^th September 2015

 

Progress in rehabilitation  research. What have we learned from the RCT?  Where to from here?   Marion Walker (University of Nottingham).  8^th October 2015

 

Creating the evidence-base for personalized stroke rehabilitation

Val Pomeroy (University of East Anglia).  12^th November 2015

 

Rethinking spasticity – Beyond the Ashworth Scale Mechanisms of post-stroke spasticity – challenging the status quo

Mindy Levin (McGill University).  26^th November 2015

 

Therapy for cognitive impairment in traumatic brain injury

David Sharpe (Imperial College London).  10^th December 2015

CNR Seminars in 2016

Rehabilitation after brain injury from a patient’s perspective

Barbara Wilson (founder Zangwill Centre, Cambridge).  11^th February 2016

 

Clinical academic career pathways for allied health professionals

Lesley Baillie (London South Bank University and UCLH).  10^th March 2016

 

The devolution of HR practices to front-line managers:  implications for the provision of support for employees with MS

Andrea Kirk-Brown (Monash University, Australia).  31^st March 2016

 

Integrating the management of bladder dysfunction in the rehabilitation of neurological patients Jalesh Panicker (University College London/National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery).  14^th April 2016

 

Spatial neglect:  attention, motivation and dopamine 

Paresh Malhotra (Imperial College London).  12^th May 2016

 

‘Big CACTUS’ Evaluating an approach to delivering computerised therapy for aphasia:  from pilot to pragmatic RCT

Rebecca Palmer (University of Sheffield).  9^th June 2016

 

Autonomic barriers to effective neurorehabilitation 

Ellen Merete-Hagen (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery).  14^th July 2016

 

Supporting physical activity for people living with long-term conditions 

Leigh Hale (University of Otago, New Zealand). 13^th September 2016

 

Neural interfaces for the brain and spinal cord 

Andrew Jackson (University of Newcastle).  13^th October 2016

 

Post-stroke fatigue:  a new perspective 

Anna Kuppuswamy (UCL Institute of Neurology).  10^th November 2016

 

Treating aphasia and the person 

Linda Worrall (University of Queensland, Australia).  6^th December 2016

CNR Seminars in 2017

Humanizing care and cultures:  translating theory into practice on an acute stroke unit 

Carole Pound (University of Bournemouth).  9^th February 2017

 

Modulation of visual attention by prismatic adaptation 

Stephanie Clarke (University of Lausanne).  28^th March 2017

 

Holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation:  online and interactive? 

Andrew Bateman (Zangwill Centre, Cambridge).  6^th April 2017

 

Memory rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis

Roshan Nair (University of Nottingham.  11^th May 2017

 

Facilitating return to work through early specialist health-based interventions: a feasibility trial

Kate Radford (University of Nottingham).  8^th June 2017

 

Deciphering the anatomical and functional correlates of hand motor function to propose new targets for non-invasive brain stimulation in stroke

Charlotte Rosso (University of Paris).  27^th July 2017

 

At the cliff edge – disease modification in very advanced multiple sclerosis

Klaus Schmierer (Queen Mary University of London).  14^th September 2017

 

Overcoming the challenge of implementing evidence into practice in stroke rehabilitation 

Louise Connell (University of Central Lancashire).  12^th October 2017

 

The exercise prescription for delaying disease progression in Parkinson’s disease 

Daniel Corcos (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA).  19^th December 2017

CNR Seminars in 2018

Why are we not using first principle arguments for treatment solutions? 

Anand Pandyan (University of Keele).  8^th March 2018

 

Stroke – Early supported discharge:  theory versus reality 

Rebecca Fisher (University of Nottingham).  3^rd May 2018

 

Functional neurological disorder:  moving from diagnosis to treatment 

Mark Edwards (St George’s University of London).  31^st May 2018

 

Job done?  Rehabilitating memory and executive function after brain injury 

Jon Evans (University of Glasgow).  14^th June 2018

 

Using rodents and robots to help us improve movements after stroke 

Lawrence Moon (Kings College London).  12^th July 2018

 

Motor control after stroke:  conceptual puzzle, practical challenge

John Krakauer (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA).  13^th September 2018

 

Exploiting plasticity in brainstem systems for rehabilitation 

Stuart Baker (University of Newcastle).  11^th October 2018

 

Advances in evidence-based MS physical rehabilitation

Peter Feys (Hasselt University, Belgium).  8^th November 2018

CNR Seminars in 2019

Innovation in practice - the evolution of NeuroResponse as a digital model of care.   Bernie Porter MBE (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH).   Thursday 7th February 2019, 5.30 pm

What factors influence the frequency and intensity of therapy provision in stroke units?  Professor David Clarke (Leeds University).  Thursday 14th March 2019, 5.30 pm 

Prospects for exercise and physical activity interventions in Huntingdon's Disease - what next?  Professor Monica Busse (Cardiff University).  Thursday 25th April 2019, 5.30 pm

Psychological adjustment and rehabilitation.  Professor Dame Caroline Watkins (University of Central Lancashire).  Thursday 16th May 2019

Regenerative neurology - an emerging medical discipline?  Professor Siddharthan Chandran (University of Edinburgh).  Thursday 20th June 2019

A stroke odyssey.  Lucinda Jarrett (National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH).  Thursday 18th July 2019

Advanced symptom management in people with MS:  pushing the boundaries.  Dr Rachel Farrell (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital).  Thursday 10th October 2019

Exercise is medicine in multiple sclerosis - time for a paradigm shift!   Assoc Professor Ulrik Dalgas (Aarhus University, Denmark).  Thursday 14th November 2019

CNR Seminars in 2020

Apraxia: Neurology, Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation.  Prof Jon Marsden (University of Plymouth).  Thursday 23rd January 2020

Stroke rehabilitation: the journey from Cindarella to Goldilocks.  Prof Avril Drummond (University of Nottingham).  Thursday 12th March 2020

(Events cancelled due to COVID-19)

This talk is not about goal setting:  habits, routines and play in rehabilitation.  Prof Diane Playford (University of Warwick).  Thursday 10th December 2020 (via Teams)

 

CNR Seminars in 2021

20 years of self-management research: what's new, what works, and what's next?  Prof Fiona Jones (St George's University of London and Kingston University).  Thursday 21st January 2021 (via Teams)

The pros and cons of consciousness (and cognitive neuropsychological rehabilitation).  Dr Tom Manly (University of Cambridge, MRC Cognition and Brain Unit).  Thursday 18th February 2021 (via Teams)

Tracking neurodegenerative changes after spinal cord injury: direct implications for treatment.  Prof Patrick Freund (University of Zurich)   Thursday 18th March 2021 (via Teams)

How local and global metacognition shape mental health.  Dr Stephen Fleming (University College London). Thursday 15th April 2021 (via Teams)

When the spark goes out: neuroscience and the clinical implications of apathy.  Prof Masud Husain (University of Oxford).  Thursday 10th June 2021 (via Teams)

 

CNR Seminars in 2022

Confidence, metacognition and the construction of self-beliefs.  Dr Stephen Fleming (UCL).  Thursday 21st April 2022 (hybrid).

Deeptech rehabilitation: immersive mind-body therapy for chronic neurological disorders.  Dr Diego Kaski (UCL).  Thursday 12th May 2022 (hybrid).

Halved worlds – neglect in clinical practice.  Prof Thomas Nyffeler (Bern University Hospital).  Thursday 23rd June 2022 (hybrid).

Deregulated semantic cognition in aphasia.  Prof Beth Jefferies (University of York).  Thursday 14th July 2022 (hybrid).

Assistive technology for a fairer world.  Prof Cathy Holloway (UCL).  Thursday 15th December 2022 (hybrid). 

CNR Seminars in 2023

Sensory discrimination in the upper limb after stroke: clinical and robot-based evaluation and therapy.  Dr. Geert Verheyden (KU Leuven).  Thursday 12th January 2023 (hybrid).

Games, Robots and Rock & Roll. Professor Rui Loureiro (UCL). Thursday 9th February 2023 (hybrid).

Intervention for sentence processing impairments in aphasia. Professor Rosemary Varley (UCL). Thursday 8th June 2023 (hybrid).

Clinical trial readiness for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Dr Kayla Cornett (University of Sydney). Wednesday 5th July 2023 (hybrid).