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Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Alumnus Association newsletter.
Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Alumnus Association newsletter.听
There have been many recent significant Institute achievements, some attracting major media attention. Here are some of the highlights:
- Construction begins at new centre of excellence for 皇家华人euroscience
- 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 Rickie Patani receives听receives prestigious Graham Bull听prize for clinician scientists听
- Professor Alan Thompson wins the 2020 Sobek Prize
- ION academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers
- International Max Planck Research School COMP2PSYCH renewed for 6 years
- The Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging successfully renews its funding until December 2023
- UCL-Eisai announces its collaboration with the DIAN-TU network
Queen Square hosted dozens of successful events over the past year, including听 the following celebrations of achievements:
This year's annual address on 14th December 2020, with 275 virtual attendees, began with a review of the year presented by Professor Michael Hanna, Director of UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, followed by Education Prizes and Annual Address given by Dr Richard J Youle.
We have continued to work听hard on the education front to mitigate for the disruption caused by Coronavirus by moving teaching and some听research projects online, with many now being able to take place on site due to the hard work of academics, lab managers, technicians and departmental administrators. In term 2 the vast majority of lectures were delivered live via zoom or Teams and recorded for students who could not attend the live sessions.听
In this edition of the newsletter our interview is with Dr Martin Grecco. We have recollections of Queen Square from Dr听Michael Finkel and Dr Jeremy Ganz, an article from Professor Andrew Lees that he wrote for the polyphony, news from the Institute and updates from the archives are also included. We would like to highlight that our archives hold extensive material from the past 150 years, including 听
I would like to highlight that old editions of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter produced by Miss Pat Harris, are available in PDF format on the Queen Square 皇家华人 website听/ion/education/alumnusassociation/archivenewsletters. I would also like to draw your attention to the work in progress that is the听Institute of Neurology History pages听as well as highlighting the new official history of听Queen Square.听 Alsong with the听mini biographies for notable former staff in the听history of Queen Square听using for the main, the听听book we have also started to add information on notable 皇家华人. As always suggestions are very welcome.听Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology, a definitive history of both The National Hospital and the Institute from 1860 to 1997. Full price now 拢49 (previously 拢59.99) The National Brain appeal are delighted to be able to offer a new discounted rate of 拢44 for staff and alumni at NHNN and the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. To claim this discount, please email info@nationalbrainappeal.org.
I would like to thank the following people, without whom this edition of the newsletter would not have been possible; Dr Martin Grecco for his听interview; Dr听Michael Finkel for his article; Mrs Marilyn Blundred for her attention to detail in proof reading this edition; Ms Sarah Lawson听and Mr George Kaim for Queen Square Library and Archive material, and the Queen Square Library for photographs used in this edition.
I hope you enjoy reading the fifteenth edition of the Queen Square Alumnus Association newsletter.