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N E U R Q S C ~ E N CPE
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NEUROSCtENCE PANEL
Neurorcience Panel
The Twsti Ncumrcience Rnrl mnridan all applications for
mrch in basic and clinical ncumrcirncî. For the purporc of
conridemion of gram, the Ncumxirncc Panel divider into
WO gmupr: the Mend Hcdith and Neuroscirnre Granis
Commitree. and thc Virion Kacarch Working l’atty. Thc
names arrigned ro thne nvo gmupr signify rhc Tnirnn’
continuing special intemi in dewloping m rch in
psychiary. ophrhalmologv and rheother clininl neurorricncc
subias, in 3 continuing symbiosis wirh high-quality basic
xicniirtr in sub+ such 1~ pTchirrtymd ophthilmology.
A toid of fifi-six Reorch Training Fcllmvrhip applications
ISWC meiued, afwhich m«ity--nvo were awirded at a unal
mstof&i.i miilion.’nir Reorch’ïraining Fclinwrhips in
Mental Health haw now ben amilahle for more than z
dde, md are a pandigm of the wly in which vlmion of
highquality medial graduitrr. mmbined with 1 B ~NW
xieniific training, can produce a nndy supply of indibiduals
pmpdy qualified to rake wnior admic appointments and
IO Ind -Eh in their chorn suhim.
ncurarricnm rrrearch.
In some clinid diriplincr, iherr is also a neod IO illwrratc to
The’ïmrim were pinicularly plmed ta ~ycIcomc Piaffmr
hlichd Cclderar the finr non-inirteeChairman of this
Pand. Pmfcssnr Gelder is PmfrrsnrofPrychirrry in thc
clinical tniiins rhe possibilirics of mrdi. Foi this purporc.
in bth psychiatry and ophthalmolag thr Tn~t funds
mnrch tuiningrcherno for qistnoan a dinid NUtiOU.
University of Oxford, and ws
for wmc ynn a member of the
Tnut’r former Menel Halrh Pand. In thar apaciry he had
conrribntcd gre3ily ru the ’Cmrnit’r developing plicy for
ruppon of ‘encarch in psychiatry and rrlatcd ruhjrcrs. As wll
31 Chairing the Pan4 Fmfnror Grldcr Chain the Menial
Hnlth and t?eum$cienm Grants Cammitrce. ‘Ihc Virion
Rrmrch Working Pany rcmainr under rhc Chairmanship of
Pmfcaur Scmir Zcki.
‘The nw Gram Gnnmirtcrs ronridned an UIIUIU~II~ large
niimhrr ofapplicaiiotir. and the Tmx’s nrumxirnrî budget
was undri Exceptional strain. Gnmr tadling 6.5 million
wcx awarded. excluding longer-rcrm suppon and grants for
rnnrch rraining.l’hirrrpr”t~~~~~~rdi~~g~~~~fZI%of
Thc i>ancl is panicuhtiy plead 10 be ahle IO mmmcnd
the Lin& requested. The total numbrrofappliraiionr for
gnntr during ihr ynr under wiew was 370, a markcd
incraseon thetonlaf288in rhepreccdingynr,and 133
wre awarded in part or in full.
An important artivityof the Ncumrrirncc Pancl is the
rraining of mmrch workers. panicularly >mng clininl
@ing thcm an npporruniry to rprnd an addition4 sir mnthr
of their training entirely in resatch. The rim is so impan
some of thc flavour of m rch work, and IO illwrrare the
oppnunities. *U clinicians who mighr oihmise not mnrider
rhir ar an option. Them is cvidcnre rhar therc training
rrhemesarreffmiw. Fim. many trainta m inspiid toapply
for pmpcr Rcseatch Training Fellowships in theirow right,
and snmr have now mod on to nnhlishrd academic
positions. S a d uhiatryar the lnaiiutcof
Psychiatry. Dr Burns had. at &c timeofhir zppointmcnt.
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