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Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre newsletter: July 2022

The Centre is named in honour of Professor Sir Geoffrey Jefferson, the UK’s first Professor of Neurosurgery, at The University of Manchester, and the first Chair of the Medical Research Council Clinical Research Board.

Dr Abed Islim, an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) in neurosurgery at Salford Care Organisation, has been elected president of the British Neurosurgical Trainees Research Collaborative.

Yolanda Ohene, Neuroimaging Scientist at the University of Manchester, and Laura Parkes, the Centre’s joint theme lead for imaging, recently organised a mentor scheme to encourage underrepresented groups into medical imaging.