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CNT Young UCL Investigator of the Year
19 January 2010
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David Carmichael has won the 2009 UCL Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques Investigator of the Year award.
David was recognised for his work in recording electrical activity from the human brain while performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
The award rewards an outstanding contribution to the field of neuroimaging techniques, in the form of a single or multiple achievements, by a young investigator at UCL. The contribution can be a significant innovation in neuroimaging techniques or a particularly innovative application of neuroimaging.
Dr Carmichael said: "My work has been focused on trying to record electrical activity directly from the human brain (intracranial EEG) while at the same time performing functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). However, recording intracranial EEG in the MRI scanner presents a number of challenges, the most important being patient safety.
"This kind of scanning is only possible in human epilepsy patients who don't respond to drugs, because they sometimes have electrodes implanted in their brains to locate
the epileptic and eloquent (talking/walking) parts of their brain to decide if surgery might be an effective treatment."
Dr Chris Clark, Co-Chair of the UCL Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques and Senior Lecturer in Imaging and Biophysics, said: "We believe that it is important to recognise outstanding achievement in neuroimaging at UCL, not only amongst our more established researchers but importantly to reward and recognise young talent that will play an ever increasing role in not only maintaining but advancing UCL's premier position in the field of neuroimaging.
"In this respect the winners of this award have made significant discoveries or developed important new methodologies that have advanced the field and therefore this award reflects a genuine contribution to the science of neuroimaging of the highest quality."
UCL context
The UCL Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques (UCL-CNT) aims to promote an awareness of research on brain anatomy, function, physiology and pathology using a variety of imaging techniques and to provide a forum in which ideas can be exchanged and collaborations formed between practitioners of different neuroimaging techniques.
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