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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
- Pioneering geneticist Professor John Hardy receives knighthood in New Year Honours 2022
- Dr Tobias Hauser wins prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize;
- Dr Tim Tierney (WCHN) awarded Epilepsy Research UK and Young Epilepsy Fellowship;
- Professor Antonella Spinazzola receives Brain Research UK Miriam Marks Fellowship 2020;
- Professor Rickie Patani awarded prestigious Lister Prize for 2021;
- Royal College of Physicians announces Dr Catherine Mummery as new councillor;
- Winner of the Harinarayan Young Neuroscientist Award 2021 - Dr Gabriele Lignani;
- Professor Paul Fish awarded funding to support his research into Alzheimer’s disease
- Professor Alan Thompson wins the prestigious MS Charcot Award;
- Dr Aitana Sogorb-Esteve (UK DRI at UCL) recipient of a prestigious Race Against Dementia fellowship & UK DRI Emerging Leader;
- Dr Francesca Magrinelli chosen for Class of 2024 Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
- Immy Swift and Catherine Heffner shortlisted for the Max Perutz Science Writing Award;
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology staff honoured at the UCL Education Awards 2021;
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology celebrates success at UCL Sustainability Awards 2021
Staffing and alumni news
- Senior Academic, Research and Teaching promotions announced for 2020-21
- Early Career Promotions announced for 2021
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology appoints new Deputy Directors
- Faculty staff receive UCL Arena Fellowships
- Faculty of Brain Science celebrates 2021 graduates
- Pioneering neurologist and UCL Professor commemorated with a blue plaque
- Q&A with Alzheimer's expert Professor Paul Whiting
- Meet the Expert with Professor David Werring
- Spotlight on... Professor Selina Wray
- Meet the expert with Professor Sanjay Sisodiya
- UCL Brainstories : Selina Wray talks to Nick Fox
- Professor Ed Wild contributes to new memoir by Charlotte Raven about her experience with Huntington’s disease
- Pride Month profiles:
Research centre and funding news
- New UCL Neuroscience facility will revolutionise research into neurological conditions
- Whole genome sequencing improves rare disease diagnosis in world first study
- Professional rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure
- New mechanism preventing toxic DNA lesions opens up therapeutic avenues for Huntington's disease
- Alzheimer’s and Covid-19 share a genetic risk factor
- Potential cognitive benefits of major Alzheimer’s risk gene
- Wearable brain scanner to facilitate testing for children with epilepsy
- New dietary treatment for epilepsy well tolerated and reduced seizures
- iReadMore app provides limitless speech therapy for stroke, brain injury and Covid patients
- New light shed on treatment of rare cases of blood clotting in brain following Covid-19 vaccination
Recent events
