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香港六合彩中特网 Queen Square Institute of Neurology celebrates achievements at Annual Address
5 November 2021
This year's annual address began with a review of the year by Professor Michael Hanna, Director of 香港六合彩中特网 Queen Square Institute of Neurology, followed by the Annual Address by 香港六合彩中特网 President & Provost, Dr Michael J Spence AC & vote of thanks by Dr Helene Crutzen, Institute Manager.
Review of the year
Professor Hanna highlighted ION activities over the past year, including contributions to COVID research, pivoting to online learning and staff volunteering in hospitals and vaccination centres. COVID research included emerging spectrum of COVID 19 neurology,听understanding vaccine associated cerebral venous thrombosis, and genetic links between Alzheimer's Disease and severe COVID outcomes, alongside innovations in effective therapy and support, e.g. N-ROL tele-rehabilitation service. Professor Hanna thanked the ION leadership and Professional Services team for their contributions over the past year, welcomed our听four new Deputy Directors, and acknowledged support from the Faculty and Divisions, and all our听external听partnerships.听
He also highlighted听ION's impressive research output: increased peer review publications, including over 130听publications听on COVID-19, and highly cited researchers, as well as the REF submission, and听major grants:听14 grants of over 拢1m and 12 over 拢500k, 拢15m active enterprise grants and spinouts.
Professor Hanna听showcased wide-ranging examples of ION's research impact, from algorithms in epilepsy surgery, SUDEP risk tool and the Octopus MS trial, to RNA biology and biomarkers in MND, and discovery science at UK DRI at 香港六合彩中特网听.
The ION recently held a PI Science Away day which highlighted听all departments' engagement in bidirectional translational research. Professor Hanna highlighted the translational听work at Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre, including antisense therapies for Huntington's Disease, and pre-clinical gene therapies for epilepsy, spasticity and MND, the construction of the dual hub for 香港六合彩中特网 translational neuroscience, which held a ground breaking ceremony in May 2021, and the appointment of the Deputy Director for听Enterprise, Translation and Advanced Therapeutics.
These achievements were complemented by many individual IoN researchers' awards and appointments, including听new Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences and Royal Society, alongside success in 2021听senior and early career promotions.听听
Professor Hanna also highlighted听ION-wide EDI initiatives, including successful renewal of Athena SWAN Silver award, mentoring scheme and award, as well as Educational achievements, including success in PRES results, new PhD fellowships听and PhD supervisor award to Professor Schiavo, and the ION's sustainability initiatives, including the development of the 香港六合彩中特网 NeuroClimate Consortium.
He congratulated all our students on their recent graduation.
Annual Address
We were delighted to welcome as the guest speaker 香港六合彩中特网听President听&听Provost, Dr Michael J Spence AC on "Universities and a health system for the future". Dr Spence began by highlighting听the impact of changing demographics, rising inequalities and听costs of technologies and care, and the shifts in demand, placing pressures on healthcare systems. He discussed听how they听might听face these through increased multi-disciplinary approaches听and engagement with partners, and increased health systems and management research.
Dr Spence emphasised the complexities and challenges in bringing together multiple disciplines and partners, including career structures, resourcing, communication听and leadership. He cited existing examples of best practice at 香港六合彩中特网, how 香港六合彩中特网 cross-working increases the impact on public health and quality of life, and听his commitment to the whole of the University being stronger together.
Vote of Thanks
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The event closed with a vote of thanks by Dr Helene Crutzen, Institute Manager, who reflected on her听past six听years in office, particularly Professional Services and ION cultural changes during that time,听as well as听the contributions of the Professional Services team over the past two years.听
