The UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences is a global leader in research and education into the mind and brain, and home to some of the most influential and creative academics in the field. In this podcast we talk to people within our Faculty about their groundbreaking research and its potential impact.
Learn more about our Faculty here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/
Dr Catherine Mummery on finding new treatments for dementia
Dr Catherine Mummery oversees novel therapeutics at the UCL Dementia Research Centre and is also a Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
She is leading a world-first trial (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/apr/first-gene-silencing-drug-alzheimers-disease-shows-promise) involving a ‘gene silencing’ drug (BIIB080) that has shown promise in safely and successfully lowering levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause Alzheimer's disease.
Alongside her work in finding new treatments, Dr Mummery is also working on a groundbreaking trial that would enable MRI scans to be completed in a fraction of the time they currently are.
Learn more about UCL's interdisciplinary approach to dementia here (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/dementia-ucl-priority).
23 Oct 2023
Why do people do bad things? | Dr Julia Shaw
Dr Julia Shaw is an honorary research associate in UCL’s Division of Psychology and Language Sciences (PALS). She specialises in criminal psychology and is the author of multiple best-selling books.
Learn more about Dr Shaw here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/news/2023/jun/journey-understanding-why-people-do-bad-things-dr-julia-shaw
And you can purchase her books here: https://www.drjuliashaw.com/
29 Jun 2023
Understanding the Anxious Brain with Professor Oliver Robinson
Oliver Robinson is a Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. He’s never been more excited about the work his team are conducting at the Anxiety Lab.
In this episode we talk about the difference between anxiety and fear, the gap in treatments for anxiety conditions, exciting innovations in neuroimaging and computational psychiatry, and why UCL is a great place to study mental health.
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