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Sir Peter Mansfield was born on 9 October 1933 and grew up in London. He left school at fifteen to become a printer’s assistant before obtaining a government post at the Rocket Propulsion Department in Westcott, Buckinghamshi...

Professor Terry Jones studied physics and health physics at Birmingham University, graduating with a Masters degree in 1964. In the same year he joined the Medical Research Council (MRC) Cyclotron Unit at Hammersmith Hospital...

Festschrift in honour of Professor Chris Frith, FRS. The topic of this prestigious international meeting was “Mind in the Brain. This two-day event, took place on 17 and 18 September 2008, hosts included Professors Ray Dolan...

Festschrift in honour of Professor Chris Frith, FRS. The topic of this prestigious international meeting was “Mind in the Brain. This two-day event, took place on 17 and 18 September 2008, hosts included Professors Ray Dolan...

Supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust to Dr Tilli Tansey and Professor Leslie Iversen, the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL presents a series of podcasts on the history of neuroscience featuring...

Supported by a grant from the Wellcome Trust to Dr Tilli Tansey and Professor Leslie Iversen, the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL presents a series of podcasts on the history of neuroscience featuring...

A major report on managing the health effects of climate change, launched jointly by ‘The Lancet’ and UCL today, says that climate change is the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century.

A major report on managing the health effects of climate change, launched jointly by ‘The Lancet’ and UCL today, says that climate change is the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century.

A conference on Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health 6-7 November 2008, London.

On 10th December 2008 four speakers presented a range of perspectives addressing ‘Human Rights & Disability: The missing 10% of the world’s population’. Professor Nora Groce, Director of the Leonard Cheshire Disability & Incl...

On 10th December 2008 four speakers presented a range of perspectives addressing ‘Human Rights & Disability: The missing 10% of the world’s population’. Professor Nora Groce, Director of the Leonard Cheshire Disability & Incl...

The 2008/2009 UCL IGH Symposia began with 'A new global public health movement? Managing the health effects of climate change' on 24th November 2008. The speakers; Professors Mark Maslin (UCL Environment Institute),Hugh Mont...

This year over 450 students met at UCL for two days of debate on the theme of Power and Politics in Global Health. The conference included presentations from Clare Short MP (Former Minister for International Development),Eli...

The 2008/2009 UCL IGH Symposia began with 'A new global public health movement? Managing the health effects of climate change' on 24th November 2008. The speakers; Professors Mark Maslin (UCL Environment Institute),Hugh Mont...

This year over 450 students met at UCL for two days of debate on the theme of Power and Politics in Global Health. The conference included presentations from Clare Short MP (Former Minister for International Development),Eli...

The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by the World Health Organisation to collate global evidence, raise societal debate and recommend policies, with the goal of improving health and reducing health inequ...

Dr Tadataka Yamada, President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme, delivered the 2007 UCL Prize Lecture in Clinical Science on ‘Perspectives of Global Health’ on 24 October 2007. Dr Yamada leads...

The 2007 Lancet Lecture was given on 9 November by Professor Adenike Grange, Minister of Health for Nigeria, in the UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1.

Members of the UCL Institute for Global Health talk about their experiences and issues of global health at UCL.

The UCL Global Health Symposium, ‘HIV/AIDS - With No Magic Bullet, Where to Next?’, was held on 15 April 2008. The panel and audience explored the future of HIV/AIDS research programmes and policy more than 20 years of after...

The UCL Global Health Symposium, ‘HIV/AIDS - With No Magic Bullet, Where to Next?’, was held on 15 April 2008. The panel and audience explored the future of HIV/AIDS research programmes and policy more than 20 years of after...

The 2007 Lancet Lecture was given on 9 November by Professor Adenike Grange, Minister of Health for Nigeria, in the UCL Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1. Speaking about the work being undertaken by the Nigerian government, Profes...

Dr Tadataka Yamada, President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme, delivered the 2007 UCL Prize Lecture in Clinical Science on ‘Perspectives of Global Health’ on 24 October 2007. Dr Yamada leads...

The UCL Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine held its Launch Event on Friday 24 April, 2009.

Highly intelligent adults with Asperger’s Syndrome have difficulties with day-to-day social interaction. These difficulties have been explained by the term ‘mindblindness’. This means an inability to explain and predict other...