Sydney Driscoll NeuroScience Foundation Information for Medical, Nursing staff and the Public
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PUBLIC INFORMATION
Name of Charity: The Sydney Driscoll Neuro-Science Foundation
Registered Office: 7 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire PR1 3JD
Registered Company Number: 6606603
Registered with the Charity Commission under number: 1129387
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When: Tuesday 10 November 2009 1700hrs
Where: Royal Preston Hospital, Ward 2C, Glasshouse Conservatory
What: Opening of new, state-of-the-art Neurosurgery Theatres
Detail: The two theatres feature the most up-to-date and advanced brain navigation equipment funded by a generous contribution from the Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation. The evening included the presentation from the Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation to Stuart Heys, Chairman, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the brain navigation equipment and an opportunity to see the equipment being used during a live operation. Tea and coffee were served.
The event started, for the invited attendee's, with a tour of the Audio/visual Suite and viewing of a live operation, followed by a presentation from Andrew Ferguson Chairman, and Nihal Gurusinghe Trustee, The Sydney Driscoll Neuroscience Foundation, to Stuart Heys Chairman, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Photographs and details of the opening ceremony for the two New Brain Surgery Theatres
INFORMATION FOR MEDICAL STAFF
Previous Neuroscience Foundation Award Winners
| Year | Winner | Subject | Ongoing Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cherith Sutton, Medical Student | P-gP and MRP Immunostaining in Gliomas. Does P-gP and MRP expression correlate with chemosensitivity? | |
| 2008 | Dr David Paling, SpR in Neurology | A prospective study on the outcome of tilt table testing and carotid sinus massage in 290 consecutive elderly adults with syncope or unexplained falls, and of treatment of 135 of these patients with proven neurocardiogenic syncope with midodrine. | Now studying for a Ph.D in the department of Neuroinflammation at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square, London. The award money is helping towards the Ph.D fees. The title of his thesis is "Development of novel MRI techniques to investigate brain perfusion, oxygen utilization, and metabolism in patients with multiple sclerosis". The project is for three years. |
| 2007 | No Applicants | ||
| 2006 | Dr Rajiv Mohanraj | Pharmacogenomics in Epilepsy: Role of Sodium Channel Gene Polymorphisms in Determining Response to Antiepileptic Drug Treatment. | Further educational experience National Hospital Queens Square London in Sept 08 |
| Mr R V Iyer, Neurology | A Feasibility Study of Chemosensitivity Testing in Primary Cultures. | With prize money went to University of California, San Francisco for 4 weeks to study under Prof Mitchell Berger | |
| £1,500 prize money was given to each entrant as the Trustees decided that both submitted excellent manuscripts. | |||
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Reg. Office: 7 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancs PR1 3JD Company No.: 6606603
Registered with the Charity Commission under no.1129387
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