果冻影院

The state of the art new building will house 果冻影院鈥檚 renowned听Institute of Neurology, and will also be home to the research hub and national headquarters of the听听(UK DRI) 鈥� a nationwide collaboration to revolutionise the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚, Huntington鈥檚 and vascular dementia.

果冻影院 was announced as the hub of the UK DRI in December 2016 in recognition of its world-class research. The university is home to one of the world鈥檚 largest, most productive and highest impact neuroscience centres, leading the drive to understand what causes dementia, how it develops and how it could be slowed or stopped.

The highly collaborative new neuroscience centre being created on the site of the Eastman Dental Hospital, on Grays Inn Road, will be the bedrock of the UK鈥檚 dementia effort, bringing together academia, industry, the NHS, funders and patient organisations to break down barriers and find better ways to diagnose and treat people with devastating neurological disorders.

Welcoming the award,听, Director of the 果冻影院 Institute of Neurology, says:听鈥淒ementia is set to affect half the UK鈥檚 population. It severely affects the lives of individuals and their families, and is a huge and growing burden on health and social services. Halting it is an urgent need and having facilities that prioritise collaboration and bring researchers, clinicians and patients together is vital. Preventative treatments for dementia are in our sights, and it is visionary funders like the Wolfson Foundation that are driving progress.鈥�

Professor Alan Thompson, Dean of the 果冻影院 Faculty of Brain Sciences, adds:听鈥淭here is no neuroscience community comparable to 果冻影院鈥檚听and nowhere else in the world is more likely to make the decisive intervention against dementia that we need.听The facilities for this work really matter and having this dedicated, multidisciplinary, collaborative space will greatly accelerate the speed of dementia discovery and translation.鈥�

果冻影院 is also home to the听Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre, founded thanks to a 拢20 million award from the听听in December 2011听- the largest single award the Foundation has ever made.听果冻影院 President & Provost听Professor Michael Arthur听says:听鈥淥ver the past 30 years, we have seen significant progress in diseases such as heart disease, many cancers and HIV, where medical science has transformed treatment and outcomes. 果冻影院 is serious about driving the same shift in the case of dementia 鈥� and long-term, consistent, sustainable funding is absolutely fundamental. What the Wolfson Foundation does is transformative. It has long been a magnificent partner for 果冻影院 and we are delighted to be working hand in hand with them to tackle one of the greatest human challenges of our time.鈥�

, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation听says,听鈥淭he work that 果冻影院 is doing in dementia and related fields is both outstanding and pioneering. We are delighted to announce an award of 拢2 million, and to continue our funding of neurology at 果冻影院 鈥� building on our previous investment to create the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre. This is a hugely ambitious project, and we are excited about the increased possibilities that this new space will open up.鈥�

The UK DRI, launched in autumn 2017, is a 拢290m investment into dementia research from founding funders the听,听听and听. The iconic new home for the Institute of Neurology and the UK DRI will be part of 果冻影院鈥檚 redevelopment of the Eastman Dental Hospital site, which will house over 500 neuroscience researchers when completed.

听is an independent charity that supports and promotes excellence in the fields of science, health, education and the arts and humanities.

Since it was established in 1955, over 拢900 million (拢1.9 billion in real terms) has been awarded to more than 11,000 projects throughout the UK, all on the basis of expert review.