Neuroscience

A brain specimen from Imperial's brain bank

Understanding perinatal brain injury and improving neurological outcomes of babies and children

Centre for Perinatal Neuroscience PREVENT study

Imperial College London has an international reputation for brain research spanning over several decades. Brain injury during early life is common and may lead to a lifelong disability, for example, cerebral palsy or epilepsy. The developing brain is extremely vulnerable to systemic illness, particularly infection and asphyxia, and is significantly influenced by a variety of socio-economic and ante-natal factors. Therefore, understanding perinatal brain injury and improving neurological outcomes of babies and children requires a multi-disciplinary and multifaceted approach.

The Neuroscience theme within the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health seeks to bring together a group of pre-clinical and clinical researchers, alongside bioinformaticians, physicists, engineers and health policy researchers for understanding, preventing and treating brain injury.

Key research areas

Neonatal encephalopathy
Magnetic resonance biomarkers
Neurogenomics and genomic imaging
Epigenetics and neuropathology
Neonatal seizures and epilepsy
Neonatal pain
Neonatal sepsis
Audiology and ear canal EEG
Traumatic brain injury
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Public health and health policy

Theme lead

Professor Sudhin Thayyil

Professor of Perinatal Neuroscience

Sudhin Thayyil is a Professor of Perinatal Neuroscience and the Director of the Centre for Perinatal Neuroscience. He was initially funded by an NIHR Clinician Scientist award, and subsequently by an NIHR Advanced Fellowship. He is an honorary consultant neonatologist and lead for neonatal research at the Imperial NHS Trust.

Further information on Professor Thayyil

Professor Praveen Anand
Professor

Sir Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Visiting Professor

Dr Gaurav Atreja
Consultant paediatrician and neonatologist

Dr Nigel Basheer
Dr Nigel Basheer

Professor Phillip Bennett
Clinical Professor

Dr Sushil Beri
Consultant paediatric neurologist

Professor Anil Anthony Bharath
Professor of Biologically Inspired Computation & Inference

Dr Kling Chong
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Victoria Cornelius
Reader in Medical Statistics

Dr Aubrey Cunnington
Reader in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Dr Vincenzo De Paola
Reader in Translational Neuroscience

Dr Paul Edison
Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Ramyia Elangovan
Neonatal Clinical Research Fellow

Professor Vasso Episkopou
Professor in Developmental Biology

Dr Aldo Faisal
Reader in Neurotechnology

Dr Reema Garegrat

Dr Mazdak Ghajari
Senior Lecturer

Dr Tony Goldstone
Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Professor Michael Gresty
Visiting Professor

Dr Nir Grossman
Lecturer in Dementia Research; Fellow of the UK DRI

Dr Jethro Herberg
Clinical Senior Lectureship in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Dr Naila Ismayilova
Paediatric Neurologist

Dr Wajanat Jan
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Carolina Kachramanoglou
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist

Dr Myrsini Kaforou
Senior Research Fellow

Dr Ujwal Kariholu
Consultant neonatologist

Dr Pete Lally
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Evonne Low
Consultant (Children's & Adolescent Services)

Dr David MacIntyre
Reader in Reproductive Systems Medicine

Professor Azeem Majeed
Chair - Primary Care and Public Health & Head of Department

Professor Danilo Mandic
Professor of Signal Processing

Dr Leena Mewasingh
Consultant paediatric neurologist

Dr Aesha Mohammedi
Consultant neonatologist

Dr Paolo Montaldo
Clinical Research Fellow

Dr Alexi Nott
UK DRI Research Fellow

Dr Stuti Pant
Project Manager

Professor Mala Rao
Senior Clinical Fellow in Public Health

Professor David Sharp
Professor of Neurology

Dr Vijayakumar Kogunde Shivamurthappa
Consultant (Children's & Adolescent Services)

Dr Ravi Shankar Swamy
Consultant neonatologist and child development specialist

Dr Lidia Tyszczuk
Consultant in neonatal medicine

Neuroscience

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Key research areas

Theme lead

Professor Sudhin Thayyil

Professor of Perinatal Neuroscience

Theme members

Professor Praveen Anand

Sir Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

Dr Gaurav Atreja

Dr Nigel Basheer

Professor Phillip Bennett

Dr Sushil Beri

Professor Anil Anthony Bharath

Dr Kling Chong

Dr Victoria Cornelius

Dr Aubrey Cunnington

Dr Vincenzo De Paola

Dr Paul Edison

Dr Ramyia Elangovan

Professor Vasso Episkopou

Dr Aldo Faisal

Dr Reema Garegrat

Dr Mazdak Ghajari

Dr Tony Goldstone

Professor Michael Gresty

Dr Nir Grossman

Dr Jethro Herberg

Dr Naila Ismayilova

Dr Wajanat Jan

Dr Carolina Kachramanoglou

Dr Myrsini Kaforou

Dr Ujwal Kariholu

Dr Pete Lally

Dr Evonne Low

Dr David MacIntyre

Professor Azeem Majeed

Professor Danilo Mandic

Dr Leena Mewasingh

Dr Aesha Mohammedi

Dr Paolo Montaldo

Dr Alexi Nott

Dr Stuti Pant

Professor Mala Rao

Professor David Sharp

Dr Vijayakumar Kogunde Shivamurthappa

Dr Ravi Shankar Swamy

Dr Lidia Tyszczuk