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Clinical Neurosciences

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. 

Our mission is to improve the lives of people with neurological disorders. 

We are embedded within Cambridge University Hospitals, allowing our research questions to stem from problems we have encountered in the clinic, and to directly address the needs of patients and families. We work in partnership with the Departments of Psychiatry, Genetics and Paediatrics, to improve Brain and Mind Health, through life, together.

We investigate the mechanisms of brain disease and injury, to devise new diagnostics and treatments, as well as using large data to improve the way we deliver current treatments. Our work has already led to new treatments in use world-wide.

Professor Alasdair Coles
Head of Department

 


 



Latest news

Brain injury survivors help shape new medical technologies

4 June 2025

Researchers based at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) have developed a programme to ensure that the development of medical technology is in line with the unmet needs of brain injury survivors. The programme was developed by James Piercy, an “expert by experience” of brain injury. James suffered a...

Mina Ryten elected as Academy of Medical Sciences fellow

22 May 2025

We are delighted to announce that Professor Mina Ryten, Centre Director for the UK DRI at Cambridge, has been elected as one of 54 exceptional biomedical and health scientists to the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship. Professor Ryten commented: “I’m deeply honoured to be elected to the Academy of Medical...

Breakthrough for Global Movement to recognise Traumatic Brain Injury

20 May 2025

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – In a significant advance for global health policy, the Ministry of Health of Pakistan has confirmed its official sponsorship of a ground-breaking resolution to recognize Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a chronic, notifiable global health condition. "TBI is a global public health crisis hidden in plain...