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Clinical Neurosciences

Welcome to the Department of Clinical Neurosciences. 

Our mission is to improve the lives of people with neurological illness and injury through discovery, innovative treatments and training the next generation.

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

 


 



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Latest news

How do you solve a problem like tracking proteins?

14 May 2026

A major update to Single Particle Tracking microscopy has been developed by a research team at the University of Cambridge, with big potential for truly understanding the lifecycle of proteins that cause Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Imagine a screen covered in dots. All the dots are moving. They all look identical...

TBI – the global health crisis hidden in plain sight

13 May 2026

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) needs to be urgently prioritised on the world health agenda, argues a new Lancet Global Health article, led by a research group from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Cambridge University. The researchers form part of the Global Coalition for TBI as a Notifiable and Chronic Condition...

Deaf opera singer welcomes new cochlear implant trial

6 May 2026

An upcoming Cambridge-led trial in hearing loss has been called ‘life changing’ by Janine Roebuck, a deaf opera singer who regained her hearing thanks to cochlear implants. The UK trial will provide bilateral (both sides) cochlear implants to some profoundly deaf adults. The results will be used to review NHS guidance for...

Research Impact Report 2025


Download our PDF report showcasing our latest research findings, major discoveries and trials in 2025:
Clinical Neuroscience Research Impacts Report 2025 
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