Clinical Neurosciences projects
If you are interested in working on one of our clinical Neuroscience projects you should:
- browse the projects (listed by principal investigator)
- pick one that is in your area of interest
- contact the Principal Investigator to discuss a potential application
For general enquiries regarding Clinical Neurosciences postgraduate admissions, please email pgneurosci@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Learn more about the postgraduate application process.
Current projects
Professor Franklin Aigbirhio - Molecular Imaging Chemistry Laboratory
Edward Avezov - UK Dementia Research Institute
- Endoplasmic Reticulum Transport and Morphoregulation in Neuron (Patho) Physiology
- Exploration of Cellular Ultrastructure in Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease
- Gaining Control of Intracellular Stages for Amyloidogenesis via High-Resolution Optical Biosensing Approaches coupled to Nanobody-Based Protein Localisation Control
- Monitoring Protein Aggregation and Aggregates’ Handling by Neurons
Michael Coleman - Clinical Neurosciences
Mr Adel Helmy - Neurosurgery
- Detection and Monitoring of Vestibular Schwannoma
- Inflammatory Mediators of Cerebral Autoregulation in Acute Brain Injury
- Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Professor Rita Horvath - Neurology
- Identifying Novel Genes and Developing Treatments for Children with Inherited Neuromuscular Diseases
- Mitochondrial Diseases and Immunity
- Trial Readiness in Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT)
- Unlocking mt-tRNA Synthetases: Impact on Neurodegeneration
Dr Jo Jones - Neurology
Dr Maura Malpetti - Neurology
Professor Hugh Markus - Neurology
- Develop Biomarkers for Cerebral Small Vessel Disease
- Unravelling the role Glymphatic Dysfunction in Vascular Dementia
- What causes Vascular Dementia?
Dr Luca Peruzzotti Jametti - Neurology
Professor Stefano Pluchino - Neurology
- A Cell Interactome Approach to Model, Characterise and understand Novel Mechanisms of Disease in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
- Metabolic Determinants of Astrocyte – Microglial Interactions in Smoldering Brain Disease
Mr Stephen Price - Neurosurgery
Dr Annelies Quaegebeur - Neuropathology
- Molecular mechanisms of microglia-driven neurodegeneration in human tauopathies
- Synapse loss in frontotemporal lobal degeneration: disease mechanisms and biomarker validation
Dr Tim Rittman - Clinical Neurosciences
Professor Mina Ryten - UK Dementia Research
Professor Chris Rodgers - WBIC
Dr Selena Milicevic Sephton - WBIC
Dr Peter Smielewski - Neurosurgery
- Development of New, Robust, Approaches for Continuous Monitoring of Vascular and Brain Tissue Physical Properties in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
- Machine Learning Supported Application of Advanced Neuromonitoring for Individualised Guided Management of Acute Traumatic Brain Injury in Intensive Care
- Mathematical Modelling of Brain Haemodynamics and Pressure-Volume Compensation
- Mechanisms Controlling Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics
- Methodology of Clinical Tests for Assessment of Cerebral Autoregulation after Traumatic Head Injury
Matthew Smith - Clinical Neurosciences
- Automated Non-Invasive Assessment of Silent Aspiration
- Near Infrared Light (Photobiomodulation) for Otoprotection
Emmanuel A Stamatakis - Anaesthesia
- Biomarkers for Risk and Clinical Outcome Prediction of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction
- Functional MRI Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury
- Neurobiology of Consciousness
- Neuromodulatory Effects of Monoaminergic Brainstem Nuclei on Large Scale Brain Networks
Dr Kamen Tsvetanov - Clinical Neurosciences
- IMAGE-D: Integrated Multimodal Analysis for Gaining Enhanced Understanding and Characterization of Dementia
- Mapping Cerebrovascular Function across Dementia Subtypes
- Profiling of Vascular Factors in Cognitive Decline and Dementia
Dr Jelle van den Ameele - Neurology and Mitochondrial Biology Unit
- Metabolism of Genome Regulation during Brain Development
- Neural Stem Cell – Niche Interactions in Mitochondrial Disease
- Single-cell CRISPR Screening for Nuclear Modulators of Mitochondrial Dysfunction