Clinical Brain Sciences PhD

**Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences**<br/><br/>The Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences (CCBS) combines laboratory and clinical research to study the causes, consequences and treatment of major brain disorders. <br/><br/>The Centre comprises 58 Principal Investigators, including 19 Chairs. 70% of our Principal Investigators are NHS clinicians.<br/><br/>CCBS has approximately 55 postgraduate students across its two programmes: Clinical Brain Sciences and Psychiatry. It is particularly strong in PhD training for clinicians.<br/><br/>The Centre is located at Edinburgh BioQuarter, next to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. However, it also has bases in three other Edinburgh hospital sites. <br/><br/>CCBS subscribes to Edinburgh Medical School’s “One Health” vision. Laboratory scientists, clinical academics and informaticians work alongside one another. This encourages the free-flowing exchange of ideas, an efficient use of clinical data and joint academic/health service delivery.<br/><br/>CCBS is part of Edinburgh Neuroscience, an umbrella organisation that facilitates interaction among researchers working at all levels of neuroscience. <br/><br/>**Research excellence**<br/><br/>In the Research Excellence Framework (2014), Edinburgh was ranked 3rd out of 82 submissions in Neuroscience and the research environment was given the maximum possible score of 100% and classified as ‘world-leading’.<br/><br/>**Research community**<br/><br/>We are extremely proud of our internationally renowned research community.<br/><br/>The Centre has attracted £42 million in grant funding over the last three years. Our 400+ members collaborate widely and lead international clinical trials.<br/><br/>Our research generates significant and measurable impact on patient health and wellbeing, NHS policy and public awareness.<br/><br/>The National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Research and Surveillance Unit is a World Health Organisation Reference Centre for Human Prion Disease.<br/><br/>Two of our Professors are Chairs of the UK Dementia Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh.<br/><br/>**Research strengths**<br/><br/>Our major research strengths are:<br/><br/><br/>* cerebrovascular disease including stroke and small vessel diseases<br/><br/><br/>* neurodegenerative diseases: multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, dementias<br/><br/><br/>* neuroimaging <br/><br/><br/>* psychiatry, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression; autism, neurodiversity and learning disability<br/><br/><br/>* Prion diseases<br/><br/><br/>* synaptic biology & disease<br/><br/><br/>* epilepsy<br/><br/><br/>* neonatal development and the effect of premature birth<br/><br/><br/>* neuro-oncology / Translational Neurosurgery<br/><br/><br/>* functional disorders <br/><br/><br/>* sleep medicine<br/><br/><br/>**Specialist centres**<br/><br/>The CCBS also has a strong record of attracting philanthropic donations to establish specialist centres of excellence:<br/><br/><br/>* Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic<br/><br/><br/>* Edinburgh Dementia Prevention<br/><br/><br/>* Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research<br/><br/><br/>* MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research<br/><br/><br/>* Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre<br/><br/><br/>* Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism; Fragile X Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities<br/><br/><br/>* Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre for Learning Difficulties<br/><br/><br/>* Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort<br/><br/><br/>* Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and the Brain<br/><br/><br/>For more information, see our website.