The University of Sheffield
Department of Neuroscience

Upcoming seminars

Date
Speaker
Title Venue
Monday 8 April
2013
13.00-14.00
Dr Robert C Griggs M.D.
University of Rochester
New York, USA
“Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disease” Hosted by
Professor P Shaw
SITraN Lecture Theatre
Friday 26 April 2013
14.00-15.00
Professor Andrew Mayes
Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Manchester
“Organic amnesia and the medial temporal lobes: Several disrupted functions, not just one” Hosted by
Dr Claire Isaac
N Floor Lecture Theatre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Monday 29 April 2013
13.00-14.00
Professor Ruth Luthi-Carter
Cell Physiology
Leicester University
“Transcriptomic approaches to understanding and treating Huntington’s disease” Hosted by
Dr J Wood
SITraN Lecture Theatre
Friday 10 May 2013
14.00-15.00
Dr Michael Shanks
Academic Clinical Psychiatry University of Sheffield
“Notes towards a Neurology of awareness and belief" Hosted by
Dr Oliver Bandmann
N Floor Lecture Theatre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Monday 3 June 2013
13.00-14.00
Professor French-Constant
Centre for Regenerative Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
“Myelination and repair in the CNS” Hosted by
Dr Jon Wood
SITraN Lecture Theatre
Friday 14 June 2013
14.00–15.00
Professor David Miller
Institute of Neurology
Queen Square, London
“Imaging multiple sclerosis in trials and clinical practice” Hosted by
Prof B. Sharrack
N Floor Lecture Theatre, Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Monday 8 July 2013
13.00-14.00
Dr Diane Hanger
Institute of Psychiatry
King’s College London
“Tau - its relevance for Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative Disorders” Hosted by
Dr Kurt De Vos
SITraN Lecture Theatre
Friday 12 July 2013
14.00-15.00
Professor Daniel Bien
Krankenhaus Mara,
Epilepsie-Zentrum Bethel
“Immune-mediated epilepsies and encephalopathies” Hosted by
Prof M. Reuber
N Floor Lecture Theatre, RHH

Psychiatry Seminars

Date Speaker Title Venue
Wednesday 7 March Dr Carien van Reekum (Lecturer, University of Reading) The role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in negative emotion: Implications for well-being Lecture Room, Academic Clinical Psychiatry
Wednesday 14 March Dr Daniel Smith (Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Cardiff) Diagnosing bipolar disorder: controversies and dilemmas Lecture Room, Academic Clinical Psychiatry
Wednesday 21 March Dr Avi Peled (Chair of Adult Psychiatry, Shaar-Menashe Mental Health Centre, Israel) Neuroscientific Psychiatry: Is that possible? Lecture Room, Academic Clinical Psychiatry
Wednesday 28 March Professor Steve Iliffe (University College London) Responding to the rising prevalence of dementia: is case management the answer? Lecture Room, Academic Clinical Psychiatry

Venue details

Lecture Room, Academic Clinical Psychiatry

Academic Clinical Psychiatry is located close to the Northern General Hospital. Please see our location page for more details.