Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

Projects

Projects per year 1996 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2029

• 11 Not started
• 45 Active
• 574 Finished

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  The impact of neurosteroids on fear generalisation: implications for post-traumatic stress disorder

  Wang, S.-H. (Principal Investigator)

  25/09/23 → 25/12/24

  Project: Research

• 7T MRI to determine mechanisms of fatigue in multiple sclerosis

  York, B. (Principal Investigator), Waldman, A. (Co-investigator), Porter, D. (Co-Investigator (External)), MacDougall, N. (Co-Investigator (External)), Fullerton, N. (Co-Investigator (External)), Meijboom, R. (Co-investigator) & Chandran, S. (Project Partner)

  20/07/23 → 20/01/24

  Project: Research

  • Multiple Sclerosis 100%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 100%
  • Structure (Composition) 33%
  • Diseases 16%

• Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on incidence of myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, by mental illness status

  Jackson, C. (Principal Investigator), Cavers, D. (Co-investigator), Fleetwood, K. (Co-investigator) & Mercer, S. (Co-investigator)

  19/06/23 → 30/04/24

  Project: Research

• Targeting Therapies: Exploring the Cultural and Normative Dimensions of 'Targeted' Approaches to Biomedicine and Public Health

  Pickersgill, M. (Principal Investigator) & Geiger, S. (Co-investigator)

  1/12/22 → 31/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Biomedicine 100%
  • Nutrition Policy 100%
  • Normativity 100%
  • Qualitative Interview 100%
  • Social Actor 100%

• Brain Imaging in Delirium Study

  Clancy, U. (Principal Investigator)

  1/12/22 → 6/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Delirium 100%
  • Tolerability 50%

• New directions for OCD research

  Kirkham, E. (Principal Investigator)

  1/11/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 100%
  • Compulsive Disorder 100%
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 100%
  • Focus Group 50%
  • Lived Experience 50%

• SINAPSE Early Career Researcher Exchange Fund 2022

  York, B. (Principal Investigator)

  1/11/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Social Science issues relating to Monkeypox

  Garcia Iglesias, J. (Co-investigator), Pickersgill, M. (Co-investigator), Chataway, J. (Principal Investigator), Horwood, J. (Co-investigator), Nagington, M. (Co-investigator), May, T. (Co-investigator), Amlôt, R. (Co-investigator), Williams, J. (Co-investigator), Buijsen, S. (Researcher) & McHugh, C. (Researcher)

  1/10/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Qualitative Research 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  • Evidence-Based 50%
  • Nutrition Policy 50%
  • Social Science 50%

• Speech for Intelligent cognition change tracking and Detection of AD (SIDE-AD) Research Program

  Luz Filho, S. (Principal Investigator) & Ritchie, C. (Co-investigator)

  1/10/22 → 30/09/23

  Project: Research

• Support for MND-SMART clinical trial

  Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator) & Pal, S. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/03/22 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

• CAHSS Knowledge Exchange and Impact Grant: Learning about Neurodiversity at School (LEANS): Amplifying the impact and reach of new resource for children and their teachers

  McGeown, S. (Principal Investigator), Alcorn, A. (Co-investigator) & Fletcher-Watson, S. (Co-investigator)

  1/02/22 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Primary School Students 100%
  • Primary School Teachers 100%
  • Primary Schools 100%
  • Educational Programmes 100%

• Brain sulcal folding and mental illness: investigating causal associations and stratification approaches for psychosis

  Smith, D. (Principal Investigator)

  1/02/22 → 31/01/25

  Project: Research

• Neurodiversity and Narrative Fiction

  McGeown, S. (Principal Investigator) & Crompton, C. (Co-investigator)

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Neurodiversity 100%
  • Narrative Fiction 100%

• Biology, data science and the making of precision education

  Williamson, B. (Principal Investigator), Pykett, J. (Co-Investigator (External)), Pickersgill, M. (Co-investigator) & Kotouza, D. (Researcher)

  6/09/21 → 5/09/23

  Project: Research

• Pilot study for phase 2 clinical trial and mechanistic study of Ketogenic Diet in Bipolar Disorder

  Campbell, H. (Principal Investigator) & Smith, D. (Co-investigator)

  1/08/21 → 30/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Ketogenic Diet 100%
  • Bipolar Disorder 100%
  • Clinical Trial 100%

• Mental health in Scottish prisons: A needs assessment

  Thomson, L. (Principal Investigator), Gilling, L. (Researcher) & Rees, C. (Researcher)

  3/06/21 → 11/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Needs Assessment 100%
  • Mental Health 100%
  • Scottish Government 50%
  • Health Care Need 50%

• An in vitro model of cortical-spinal tract to determine motor circuit dysfunction in Motor Neuron Disease (MND)

  Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Principal Investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/05/21 → 30/04/22

  Project: Research

• Clinical Phenotyping Of Prolonged Cognitive Symptoms After COVID-19

  Carson, A. (Principal Investigator), Breen, D. (Co-investigator), Mcwhirter, L. (Co-investigator) & Stone, J. (Co-investigator)

  UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities

  1/04/21 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• The risk of stroke and other vascular diseases after SARS-CoV2: a UK population-wide cohort

  Whiteley, W. (Principal Investigator)

  1/03/21 → 1/03/22

  Project: Research

• Wellcome Trust, INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT FUND: Investigating mechanisms of brain and cognitive development in children born preterm

  Richardson, H. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator), Thrippleton, M. (Co-investigator), Fletcher-Watson, S. (Co-investigator) & Boardman, J. (Co-investigator)

  1/03/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• ISSF3: Wellcome Trust’s Institutional Strategic Support Fund

  Czopka, T. (Principal Investigator)

  1/03/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Nervous System 100%
  • In Vivo 100%
  • Oligodendrocyte 100%
  • Optogenetics 100%
  • Precursor 100%

• Depression Detectives

  Beange, I. (Principal Investigator), McIntosh, A. (Collaborator), Iveson, M. (Collaborator), Kwong, A. (Collaborator), Adams, M. (Collaborator), Whalley, H. (Collaborator), Kirkham, E. (Collaborator), Smith, D. (Collaborator), MacSweeney, N. (Collaborator), Barbu, M. C. (Collaborator) & Huggins, C. (Collaborator)

  20/02/21 → 8/09/21

  Project: Other (Non-Funded/Miscellaneous)

  • Lived Experience 100%
  • Data Science 60%
  • Biobank 60%
  • Focus Group 40%
  • Group Discussion 40%

• Using synaptogenic proteins to repair the damaged synaptome

  Grant, S. (Principal Investigator)

  1/02/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Synapse 100%
  • Synaptogenesis 40%
  • Neurodegeneration 20%
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorder 20%

• The impact of Covid-19 on adolescent mental health, wellbeing and education

  Stewart, T. (Principal Investigator), McCluskey, G. (Co-investigator), Fry, D. (Co-investigator) & McAra, L. (Co-investigator)

  5/01/21 → 1/08/21

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Mental Health 100%
  • Research Grants 25%
  • Evidence-Based 25%
  • Base 25%

• A matrix reference material for human Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): the key for the optimisation and harmonisation of neurodegenerative disease clinical diagnostic tests based on protein aggregation assays.

  Piconi, G. (Principal Investigator) & Green, A. (Principal Investigator)

  4/01/21 → 9/07/21

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• Striving to Transform Autism Research Together - Scotland (STARTS)

  Cage, E. (Principal Investigator), Crompton, C. (Co-investigator) & Botha, M. (Co-investigator)

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Autism 100%

• Award from Edinburgh Neuroscience RS MacDonald Seedcorn Fund

  Stavrou, M. (Principal Investigator) & Bolado Carrancio, A. (Co-investigator)

  2/11/20 → 1/05/21

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 100%
  • Neuroscience 100%

• Perivascular spaces: an early marker of vascular contributions to neurodegeneration

  Wardlaw, J. (Principal Investigator), Ballerini, L. (Co-investigator), Chappell, F. (Co-investigator) & Valdes Hernandez, M. (Co-investigator)

  Other

  1/10/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Filter 100%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 100%
  • Biological Marker 100%
  • Computational Modeling 100%
  • Imaging 60%

• Accelerated drug discovery for MND using human stem cell based phenotypic screening

  Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/09/20 → 31/08/21

  Project: Research

• SWEA: ScotPEN Wellcome Engagement Award: Phase 2

  Pickersgill, M. (Principal Investigator)

  15/07/20 → 14/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Training Offer 100%
  • Capacity Building 100%
  • Culture Change 100%
  • Brokerage 100%
  • Public Engagement 100%

• NRS Career Researcher Fellowship: Evaluating changes to insight in common cognitive disorders.

  Pennington, C. (Principal Investigator)

  1/07/20 → 30/06/24

  Project: Research

• Active promotion of brain and spinal cord donation in Motor Neurone Disease in Scotland

  Smith, C. (Principal Investigator) & Pal, S. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/04/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Creating a toolkit for autistic pupils in mainstream secondary school

  Crompton, C. (Principal Investigator)

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

  • Secondary Schools 100%

• Defining Astrocyte heterogeneity and CD44 across neurodegenerative diseases

  Bradford, B. (Principal Investigator), Mabbott, N. (Co-investigator) & Smith, C. (Co-investigator)

  1/01/20 → 31/12/20

  Project: Research

  • Cross-Link 100%
  • CD44 100%
  • Astrocyte 100%
  • Human Leukocyte Antigen 100%
  • Interferon 100%

• PPLS Small Project Grant: Pre-symptomatic neuropsychological changes in people at risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND): A collaborative study.

  Abrahams, S. (Principal Investigator)

  1/01/20 → 31/07/20

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• I'm still learning: Collaborative learning in person and remotely in aging

  MacPherson, S. E. (Principal Investigator) & Crompton, C. (Co-investigator)

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Collaborative Learning 100%

• Diabetes Trials Unit, University of Oxford: follow up of UKPDS

  Whiteley, W. (Principal Investigator)

  1/01/20 → 1/06/20

  Project: Research

• The Neurodiversity Alliance: creating and evaluating a peer support program for neurodivergent pupils in mainstream secondary schools

  Crompton, C. (Principal Investigator), Cebula, K. (Co-investigator) & Goodall, K. (Co-investigator)

  1/01/20 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Peer Group 100%

• Developing telehealth in motor neurone disease

  Pal, S. (Principal Investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/11/19 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

• SAND: Secretion, Autophagy and their role in Neurodegeneration

  Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Principal Investigator) & Chandran, S. (Co-investigator)

  EU government bodies

  1/11/19 → 31/10/23

  Project: Research

• RS MacDonald Seedcorn Fund

  McHutchison, C. (Principal Investigator)

  14/10/19 → 30/09/20

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 100%

• MRI biomarkers of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) in rodent models in vivo

  Vallatos, A. (Principal Investigator), Jansen, M. (Co-investigator), Stringer, M. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Williams, A. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/09/19 → 1/06/22

  Project: Research

• Small Vessel Disease - Spotlight on Symptoms (SVD-SOS) - Improving recognition of symptoms and signs of progressing cerebral small vessel disease-related brain damage to prevent cognitive decline, dementia and stroke

  Doubal, F. (Principal Investigator), Chappell, F. (Co-investigator), Clancy, U. (Co-investigator), Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator) & Wiseman, S. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/09/19 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Development and feasibility of a learning intervention in children with ADHD

  Rhodes, S. (Principal Investigator), Booth, J. (Co-investigator), Stewart, T. (Co-investigator) & McDougal, E. (Researcher)

  1/08/19 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 100%
  • Working Memory 25%
  • Processing Speed 25%

• C9ORF72 astrocytes mediated transcriptome dysregulation in motor neurons

  Thangaraj Selvaraj, B. (Principal Investigator) & Chandran, S. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  8/06/19 → 31/10/21

  Project: Research

• MAP: The Multi-‘omics Atlas Project (MAP): Piloting Resource Development For Discovery Of The Molecular Neuropathology Of Alzheimer’s Disease

  Smith, C. (Principal Investigator)

  1/06/19 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation

• Infrastructure To Enable Recruitment To MND-SMART

  Chandran, S. (Principal Investigator) & Pal, S. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/06/19 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

• Autism Spectrum Disorder and associations with literacy skills at the start of primary school. Funding awarded: £22,534

  Marryat, L. (Principal Investigator), Booth, J. (Co-investigator), Rhodes, S. (Co-investigator), O'Hare, A. (Co-investigator) & Wood, R. (Co-investigator)

  1/05/19 → 1/12/22

  Project: University Awarded Project Funding

• Northern Hub: Infrastructure Recruitment Working Group

  Connick, P. (Principal Investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/04/19 → 30/06/20

  Project: Research

• Disconnected Mind - Phase 4

  Deary, I. (Principal Investigator), Bastin, M. (Co-investigator) & Wardlaw, J. (Co-investigator)

  UK-based charities

  1/04/19 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • DNA Methylation 100%
  • Genetic Variation 66%
  • Tamsulosin 66%
  • Genetic Divergence 66%
  • Haplogroup 66%