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.

April marks the first anniversary of the scientific launch of the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre. We want to thank you all for your support, encouragement, engagement, and activity over the past year.

Specialist Nurse for skull base tumours at Salford Royal, Andrea Wadeson, has reflected on her experience of the British Association of Neuroscience Nursing (BANN) Nurse Fellowship exchange in a new article in a leading journal.