You are warmly invited to the launch of the Institute for Mental Health and Centre for Human Brain Health.
Date: Tuesday 24th September - Wednesday 25th September 2019
Venue: Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham
The two-day event will feature an exciting programme of keynote presentations from world-leading experts in mental health and brain research, including an official opening reception to inaugurate the new Centre for Human Brain Health with exclusive tours of the new facilities. You will have the opportunity to hear from early career mental health and brain researchers and also gain insight from the Institute for Mental Health's Youth Advisory Group. Register now to secure your free place at the launch.
For the full event page, please visit the University of Birmingham website.
For more information please contact launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk
About the Institute for Mental Health
The Institute for Mental Health has been established to maximise the collaborative efforts of academics at the University, and builds on the strong existing partnerships with practice in the NHS, established through Birmingham Health Partners, Forward Thinking Birmingham, and Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Its objective is to ensure a sustained impact on public policy and practice, to translate research in neuroscience to improvements in treatment, and to improve the care and outcomes of those suffering from problems in their mental health, with a focus on interdisciplinary youth and life course mental health.
About the Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH)
The CHBH is an interdisciplinary brain research facility established with the mission of understanding what makes a brain healthy, how to maintain it, and how to prevent and reverse damage.The Centre is home to state-of-the-art brain imaging facilities, which are used to uncover the mechanisms supporting cognition in both the healthy and the dysfunctional brain.
The draft programme is now available:
Tuesday 24th September 2019
11:30 - 13:00: Centre for Human Brain Health tours
13:00 - 13:45: Arrival and lunch
14:00 - 14:30: Welcome address
14:30 - 15:25: Keynote: Professor Louise Arseneault, Kings College London
15:25 - 15:45: Break
15:45 - 16:40: Keynote: Professor Ed Bullmore, Cambridge Neuroscience
16:40 - 17:30: Panel Q&A Session
17:30 - 19:00: Drinks Reception
Wednesday 25th September 2019
10:00 - 10:30: Arrival and registration
10:30 - 10:45: Welcome address
10:45 - 11:35: Keynote: Professor Sarah- Jayne Blakemore, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
11.35 - 11:45: Break
11:45 - 12:35: Keynote: Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg, The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, Oxford
12:35 - 13.30: Lunch and Centre for Human Brain Health tours
13:30 - 14:50: Breakout: Early Career Researchers Short Talks / Youth Advisory Group led workshop
14:50 - 15:00: Break
15:00 - 15:50: Keynote: Professor Sylvain Baillet, McGill University, Canada
15:50 - 16:40: Keynote: Professor Essi Viding, University College London
16:40 - 16:45: Closing remarks
16:45 - 18:00: Drinks Reception
For directions, please visit the Edgbaston Park Hotel website.
For the full event page, please visit the University of Birmingham website.
For more information please contact launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Please ensure that you reserve a ticket for each day that you plan to attend. This is a ticketed-only event.
The AA, Arup and CPW Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers
With support from Associated Architects, Arup & Crouch Perry Wilkes, we are able to provide a limited number of travel grants to Early Career Researchers and postgraduate students who have registered for launch of the Institute for Mental Health and the Centre for Human Brain Health.
A total of 4 grants are available up to a value of £125 each. Please contact launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk for an application form. Completed forms should be submitted by email to launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk by 16th August 2019.
With special thanks to our launch sponsors:
ANT Neuro
ANT Neuro specializes in being a single-source provider of high performance products within neuroscience research and neurodiagnostics. Applications include EEG, EMG, MRI, TMS and MEG technology. Leading in know-how and technology, we offer solutions and high quality, state-of-the-art products and reliable services for expert customers worldwide. We team-up with them to explore new ways, new dimensions and to tackle challenges. We think out-of-the-box and act always one step ahead. ANT Neuro is devoted to providing cutting-edge solutions, particularly aiming at systems and products which inspire scientists and clinicians to undertake new actions and gain better insight into the human brain.
Associated Architects, Arup and Couch Perry Wilkes
Associated Architects was founded in Birmingham, in 1968. Since then, we’ve grown into a multi-award winning practice of over 70 employees. Our work reaches across the UK and beyond, spanning both private and public sectors - from schools & universities, to commercial & residential, as well as large-scale urban regeneration schemes. We have worked collaboratively with our building engineering partners Arup and Couch Perry Wilkes at the University of Birmingham since 2005. We are always seeking solutions that are both financially and environmentally sustainable for the University. We are proud to have collaborated to realise the new Centre for Human Brain Health.
Robinson Low Francis
Established in 1885, Robinson Low Francis has seen so many changes in its 134-year history. Today, RLF is an independently owned Partnership, 130 strong, working across 5 UK offices. We offer an array of services to both private and public-sector clients across the whole built environment. We have an extensive track record in Cost Management, Project Management, Health & Safety, Construction Management and Building Surveying. At RLF, we continue to grow from strength to strength across all our offices, we embrace change and look forward to the next 100 years in the ever-evolving construction industry.
Siemens
Siemens is a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. In infrastructure and industry solutions the company plays a pioneering role. Siemens’ technical expertise, comprehensive portfolio and long-standing experience are helping to pioneer a sustainable future across the globe. Find detailed information, news, insights and references on the topic areas that exemplify Siemens’ success in providing state-of-the-art solutions in fields including IT, industry, finance and energy.
The AA, Arup and CPW Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers
With support from Associated Architects, Arup & Crouch Perry Wilkes, we are able to provide a limited number of Travel Grants to Early Career Researchers and postgraduate students who have registered for launch of the Institute for Mental Health and the Centre for Human Brain Health.
A total of 4 grants are available up to a value of £125 each. Please contact launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk for an application form.
Completed forms should be submitted by email to launch-imh-chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk by 1st July 2019.
