NIHR Stroke Research Workshop 2019

Registration is now open for the 3rd NIHR Stroke Research Workshop which will be held on 11 and 12 September 2019 at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester.

https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/conferences-meetings/uk-stroke-research-workshop/

This follows the highly successful first two workshops held at the University of Cambridge in 2017 and 2018. Due do generous support from NIHR, the Stroke Association and British Association of Stroke Physicians we can once again offer highly subsidised rates to trainees, both clinical and non-clinical.

The workshop promises to be a very exciting two days with an outstanding programme featuring leading national and international speakers. It also provides a great opportunity for exchanging ideas between experienced stroke specialists and early career researchers. The programme includes updates on the latest stroke research including sessions on brain haemorrhage, psychological and cognitive consequences of stroke, stroke prevention, blood brain barrier and small vessel stroke, stroke recovery, and the microbiome and stroke, as well as a special session targeted at trainees on navigating the research pathway.

There are a large number of slots for submitted oral abstracts as well as for posters and we encourage participants to submit their work as an abstract- Please submit abstracts of no more than 400 words by 12 July 2019 to: stroke@manchester.ac.uk

For further details the programme and registration follow above link

There are also fully funded (including travel and accommodation and registration) medical student bursaries- see link for more details; these close on 9th June 2019.

April 2019:

A Big Congratulations: Fellowships awarded in the Stroke Research Group
Congratulations to 2 members of the Stroke Research Group who this week have been awarded personal fellowships.

Dr Alex Granata has been awarded a Medical Research Foundation Mid-Career Researcher Fellowship. This is to focus on genetic causes of stroke affecting young adults. Alex will use it to develop her programme of work which uses iPSC models to investigate the pathogenesis of cerebral small vessel disease. This is the commonest type of monogenic stroke.

Dr Robin Brown has been awarded a Guarantors of Brain Clinical Research Fellowship. He will use this to fund a PhD which is looking at the mechanisms of disease progression in cerebral small vessel disease utilising both PET and MR imaging techniques.

Many congratulations to both of them.

March 2019:

Cambridge CADASIL meeting 2019
The next Cambridge CADASIL meeting will be held on Monday 10th June 2019 10.30am-4.30pm at the Clifford Allbutt Building Lectrure Theatre at Addenbrooke’s Hopsital, Cambridge. This years meeting will focus on the cognitive and behavioural aspects of CADASIL with a guest talk from neuropsychologist Alexa McDonald and a session with genetic counsellor Heather Pierce, alongside research updates from the Cambridge team, a patient led talk and a Q&A session. Please see here to register for the event.

December 2018:

The 25th Workshop of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium
2019’s 25th Workshop of the International Stroke Genetics Consortium will hosted by Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge & Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford. It will be held on 10-12^th April 2019 at Queens’ College, Cambridge. Please see here for further details and how to register.

September 2018:

NIHR STROKE RESEARCH WORKSHOP 2019
We are pleased to announce the next NIHR Stroke Research Workshop will be held on 11th and 12th September 2019 in Manchester, after 2 very successful events held in Cambridge in 2017 and 2018. Watch this space for further details.