LNG Autumn Meeting: Clinical Neuroscience & Mental Health Research

We are excited to announce an extraordinary meeting this month, focusing on clinical neuroscience and mental health research.

The meeting will be showcase of research being conducted in the city, and a chance to discuss opportunities for collaboration in Liverpool, and Internationally.

A draft agenda is included below – speakers include Prof. Simon Keller (UoL), Dr. Jade Thai (Merseycare), and a keynote from Prof. Qiyong Gong (West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University).

Early Career Researchers and PhD Students are invited to send a detailed title or brief abstract to admin@lng.org.uk by Friday 8th November if they would be interested in giving a 5-minute Data Blitz style presentation at the meeting.

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Agenda (Draft)

16:00

• Welcome
  
• Introduction to Liverpool Neuroscience Group
  
• LNG:ECR Presentation:
  Diagnosis to Discovery: A Collaborative Parkinson’s Disease Research Project
  Bethany Facer
  PhD Student, BRAIN Lab, ISMIB, University of Liverpool 
  
• Introduction to LiMRIC

16:30
Imaging biomarker studies of treatment outcome in neurological patients at the University of Liverpool
Prof. Simon Keller
Chair of Neuroimaging, Director of the Liverpool BRAIN Lab, ISMIB, University of Liverpool17:05

17:05
Data and Digital innovations in Mental Health Research
Dr. Jade Thai
Senior Research Lead, Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC), Mersey Care NHS Trust

17:40 
Keynote: Psychoradiology: developments and opportunities
Prof. Qiyong Gong
Director of Huaxi MR Research Centre (HMRRC), Department of Radiology, West China Xiamen Hospital of Sichuan University 

Venue:
Lesley Hearnshaw Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building,
University of Liverpool
Bedford Street South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA