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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

Cutting-edge baby brain scan technology is world first

7 November 2025

A team effort to develop the world’s first cot-side functional neuroimaging technology to speedily detect brain injuries including cerebral palsy in newborn babies is being spearheaded in Cambridge. The three-year Fast UltraSound Imaging with Optics in the Newborn (fUSiON) study, involving high-risk infants, is due to...

Ultra-high-field brain scans reveal brain chemistry of severe Covid-19 survivors

6 November 2025

A study led by the University of Cambridge Department of Clinical Neurosciences has shown that ultra-high field MRI scans can measure brain metabolites in COVID-19 patients. The study revealed higher levels of an inflammation marker called myo-inositol in patients who reported poorer mental health after a COVID-19...

Standardised brain scans improve tracking of inflammation for neurodegenerative conditions

6 November 2025

In a new study, UK DRI Emerging Leader Dr Maura Malpetti and Harry Crook (UK DRI at Cambridge) developed a method of standardising brain imaging results for PSP and Alzheimer’s. The research, published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging , paves the way for larger studies and more accurate...