Professor Richard Wise elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Academy Fellows are elected for outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical science, for innovative application of scientific knowledge or for conspicuous service to healthcare.

Professor Richard Wise has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.  Academy Fellows are elected for outstanding contributions to the advancement of medical science, for innovative application of scientific knowledge or for conspicuous service to healthcare.

Professor Wise is the Head of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Group at Imperial, investigating the neural systems involved in a number of higher cognitive processes including language, memory, executive control and sensorimotor processing.  His research uses a wide range of techniques: functional MRI, positron emission tomography (PET), diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), magentoencephalography (MEG), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TSM).