School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences

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George Square, Hugh Robson Building
EH8 9XD Edinburgh

Cathy Abbott
- Edinburgh Neuroscience
- Institute of Genetics and Cancer
- School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences - Personal Chair of Mammalian Molecular Genetics
Person: Academic: Research Active
SHIBLA ABDULLA
- School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences - Research Associate (Bioinformatics)
Person: Academic: Research Active
Sharon Abrahams
- s.abrahamsed.acuk
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences - Personal Chair of Neuropsychology
- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Edinburgh Neuroscience
Person: Academic: Research Active

Effectiveness of dyadic interventions in improving outcomes for adults with multiple long-term conditions or frailty and their informal carers: a systematic review
Arakelyan, S., Lillekroken, D., Ding, M., Gilarova, M., Anand, A., Kristiansen, M., Modig, K., Shenkin, S. D., Manthorpe, J. & Guthrie, B., 6 Aug 2026, In: The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 100875.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Cardiorespiratory training for people with stroke
Kramer, S., Cheyne, J., Fawkner, S., Hassett, L., Johnson, L., Mead, G., Rackoll, T., Smith, J., Wagner, V. & Saunders, D. H., 4 Aug 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. CD016000.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparison of cone beam CT and low-field MRI in the distal limb of 85 standing sedated horses
Taylor, S., Kelly, P., Daniel, C., James, O., McMaster, M. & Schwarz, T., 1 Aug 2026, In: Equine Veterinary Education. 38, 8, p. e523-e534 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Visit to The Roslin Institute by The Rt Hon Mark Spencer, House of Commons
Whitelaw, B. (Advisor)
29 Jun 2029
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Schools engagement
2025 UKHSA Annual Outdoor and Indoor Air PollutionResearch Review Meeting
Pennings, S. (Presenter)
11 Nov 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
There is enough evidence to use AI in neuroimaging clinical routine
Mair, G. (Invited speaker)
29 Jun 2026
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

1st place - Access to Understanding science writing competition
Kirkham, E. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st place team at Dementia Research Meets Motorsport Innovation Accelerator
Durrant, C. (Recipient), 6 Jul 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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2018 Force & Motion Foundation/ORS Travel Grant
Hamilton, D. (Recipient), Mar 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Artificial intelligence to improve the assessment of patients with acute chest pain and breathlessness
Mills, N. (Principal Investigator)
British Heart Foundation
1/08/26 → 31/07/31
Project: Research
Beyond Ticking Boxes Under Blue Lights – Exploring coding, interactions, and lived experiences of emergency responses to addiction and mental health issues
Scholin, L. (Principal Investigator)
The Society for the Study of Addiction
1/08/26 → 31/07/29
Project: Research
British Heart Foundation Research Excellence Award: Engineering Vascular-Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles for Translational RNA Therapy in Heart Disease (£29,540)
Chen, M. (Principal Investigator), Brown, S. (Co-investigator) & Baker, A. (Co-investigator)
1/06/26 → 31/05/27
Project: Research

Amyloid Beta and Tau Cooperate to Cause Reversible Behavioral and Transcriptional Deficits in a Model of Alzheimer's Disease - RNAseq data
Spires-Jones, T. (Creator) & Dando, O. (Creator), EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute, 2019
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/arrayexpress/studies/E-MTAB-7856
Dataset
FMR1 knock-out mouse EEG recordings
Oren, I. (Creator), Brown, R. (Creator) & Osterweil, E. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, 2018
DOI: 10.7488/e79d76fe-fd66-4cc6-ad4a-2b71ff3c607a
Dataset
C57Bl6/J mouse EEG recordings
Oren, I. (Creator), Brown, R. (Creator), Osterweil, E. (Owner) & Meijer, D. (Owner), Edinburgh DataVault, 2018
DOI: 10.7488/9709d7b4-84c3-467f-b538-af50cc520892
Dataset

Researchers uncover hidden network in the brain
Lyons, D.
12/07/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Targeting macrophage ferritin heavy chain mitigates ferroptosis and lung injury in experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome
Price, D.
27/06/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Blood test detects early risk of Alzheimer's disease: how reliable is it?
Spires-Jones, T.
2/06/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research