Understanding perinatal brain injury and improving neurological outcomes of babies and children
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.
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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.
Theme members
Professor Praveen Anand
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Professor Praveen Anand
Professor
Sir Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
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Sir Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Visiting Professor
Dr Gaurav Atreja
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Dr Gaurav Atreja
Consultant paediatrician and neonatologist
Dr Nigel Basheer
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Dr Nigel Basheer
Dr Nigel Basheer
Professor Phillip Bennett
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Professor Phillip Bennett
Clinical Professor
Dr Sushil Beri
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Dr Sushil Beri
Consultant paediatric neurologist
Professor Anil Anthony Bharath
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Professor Anil Anthony Bharath
Professor of Biologically Inspired Computation & Inference
Dr Kling Chong
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Dr Kling Chong
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Dr Victoria Cornelius
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Dr Victoria Cornelius
Reader in Medical Statistics
Dr Aubrey Cunnington
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Dr Aubrey Cunnington
Reader in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Dr Vincenzo De Paola
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Dr Vincenzo De Paola
Reader in Translational Neuroscience
Dr Paul Edison
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Dr Paul Edison
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Dr Ramyia Elangovan
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Dr Ramyia Elangovan
Neonatal Clinical Research Fellow
Professor Vasso Episkopou
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Professor Vasso Episkopou
Professor in Developmental Biology
Dr Aldo Faisal
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Dr Aldo Faisal
Reader in Neurotechnology
Dr Reema Garegrat
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Dr Reema Garegrat
Dr Mazdak Ghajari
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Dr Mazdak Ghajari
Senior Lecturer
Dr Tony Goldstone
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Dr Tony Goldstone
Senior Clinical Research Fellow
Professor Michael Gresty
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Professor Michael Gresty
Visiting Professor
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Dr Naila Ismayilova
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Dr Naila Ismayilova
Paediatric Neurologist
Dr Wajanat Jan
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Dr Wajanat Jan
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Dr Carolina Kachramanoglou
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Dr Carolina Kachramanoglou
Consultant Paediatric Neuroradiologist
Dr Myrsini Kaforou
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Dr Myrsini Kaforou
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Ujwal Kariholu
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Dr Ujwal Kariholu
Consultant neonatologist
Dr Pete Lally
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Dr Pete Lally
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow
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Dr David MacIntyre
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Dr David MacIntyre
Reader in Reproductive Systems Medicine
Professor Azeem Majeed
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Professor Azeem Majeed
Chair - Primary Care and Public Health & Head of Department
Professor Danilo Mandic
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Professor Danilo Mandic
Professor of Signal Processing
Dr Leena Mewasingh
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Dr Leena Mewasingh
Consultant paediatric neurologist
Dr Aesha Mohammedi
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Dr Aesha Mohammedi
Consultant neonatologist
Dr Paolo Montaldo
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Dr Paolo Montaldo
Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Alexi Nott
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Dr Alexi Nott
UK DRI Research Fellow
Dr Stuti Pant
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Dr Stuti Pant
Project Manager
Professor Mala Rao
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Professor Mala Rao
Senior Clinical Fellow in Public Health
Professor David Sharp
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Professor David Sharp
Professor of Neurology
Dr Vijayakumar Kogunde Shivamurthappa
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Dr Vijayakumar Kogunde Shivamurthappa
Consultant (Children's & Adolescent Services)
Dr Ravi Shankar Swamy
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Dr Ravi Shankar Swamy
Consultant neonatologist and child development specialist
Dr Lidia Tyszczuk
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Dr Lidia Tyszczuk
Consultant in neonatal medicine