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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

In the news | BBC | trial for rare disorder neuroferritinopathy

11 February 2025

"Samantha Denison, 58, has neuroferritinopathy, a rare disease that mainly affects a small number of families with roots in Cumbria. She is taking part in a trial to see if an existing drug, deferiprone, can remove the build-up of iron in the brain which causes the disease." Read more about Samantha's story and the DefINe...

Deaf teen helps build VR therapy for hearing impaired youth

15 January 2025

"When it’s too noisy you can get overwhelmed and zone out. It can make socialising with friends very difficult and can be incredibly isolating." Kaitlyn is now hoping to help a generation of D/deaf children and young people thanks to her involvement in an innovative new virtual reality medical trial. Kaitlyn is a 20-year-...