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There have been many recent significant Institute achievements over recent months, some attracting major media attention. This page includes some of the highlights.
Awards and prizes
- Prof. Frederik Barkhof awarded the International Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Gold Medal
- Professor Tom Warner becomes President of the Association of British Neurologists
- Professor Cipolotti elected as Fellow of Academy of Medical Sciences
- Professor Roger Lemon elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
- Professor Alan Thompson wins the 2020 Sobek Prize
- Professor Roger Lemon elected Fellow of Royal Society
- Dr Keir Yong awarded 2022 Elizabeth Warrington Prize
- Dr Quentin Huys awarded Wellcome Investigator Award
- Professor Rickie Patani wins Brain Sciences 2020 Young Investigator Award
- Professor Rickie Patani receives receives prestigious Graham Bull prize for clinician scientists
- Steve Fleming and the Metacognition Team have been awarded an EPSRC Programme Grant
- Congratulations to Professor Eileen Joyce on receiving the BNPA Medal.
- Professor James Rothman awarded almost €3.3M by European Research Council
- Professor Karen Duff receives 2020 'Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience' award from British Neuroscience Association
- UCL ONE PS Awards Spring 2021 : Raj Kalia (IT Services Manager) was joint winner of the Community Spirit award
- Lindsay Symon award for MSc/MRes Stroke Medicine
- Dr Tobias Hauser has been named a FENS-Kavli Scholar for 2021
- Congratulations to Anna Kuppuswamy as a new Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe
Staffing & Alumni news
- Emeritus Professor Louis Lim: obituary
- Professor Ley Sander appointed Visiting Professor of Sichuan University
- Professor Dimitri Kullmann steps down as Editor of Brain
- ION academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology signs ALBA Declaration supporting equity and inclusion
- Faculty of Brain Sciences celebrates International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021
- The following Alumni have had abstracts accepted at recent and upcoming conferences:
- Jas Sachdeva (MSc-CN-DL): BNPA 11th March 2021
- Jacob Roelofs (MSc Clinical Neuroscience) : Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy Annual Conference 2021: Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 April 2021 : Functional Neurological symptoms: Optimising the efficacy of inpatient treatment using a combination of psychotherapeutic and CBT approaches as part of an internet-based preparatory program - the Queen Square Guided Self Help (QGSH).
Research centre and funding news
- Construction begins at new centre of excellence for UCL Neuroscience
- International Max Planck Research School COMP2PSYCH renewed for 6 years
- Artist to explore hidden history of the site of UCL’s new neuroscience facility
- The Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging successfully renews its funding until December 2023
- UCL-Eisai announces its collaboration with the DIAN-TU network
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Receives Prestigious Edmond J. Safra Fellowship
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology joins consortium to investigate neurodegenerative diseases
- Please see the ION website for more news
Events
- Royal College of Physicians College Day 29th March 2021
In a first for Queen Square, at the RCP college day this year on the 29th March the two named lectures were given by 2 Queen Square neurologists
- FitzPatrick lecture 2021: Soulful neurology Professor Andrew Lees,
- Samuel Gee lecture 2021 Humans: the ultimate animal model Professor Mary Reilly.
Queen Square Inaugural Lectures
Please see the ION website for more events