Prestigious awards for UCL neuroscientists

Four UCL neuroscientists have been recently honoured by scientific and medical research bodies for their contributions to the field. Professor Neil Burgess (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) and Professor Andrew Lees (Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies) have been elected to the fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Fellowship of the Academy is based on exceptional contributions to the medical sciences either in the form of original discovery or of sustained contributions to scholarship. Professors Burgess and Lees will be formally admitted to the Academy at a ceremony on 24 June. Professor David Miller (UCL Institute of Neurology) has been awarded the John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research, sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology and National Multiple Sclerosis Society, which recognises outstanding contributions to research in the understanding, treatment, or prevention of multiple sclerosis (MS). Professor Miller was commended for his pioneering treatment of MS through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He has also authored four textbooks and 450 original peer-reviewed papers, and has served on the editorial boards of numerous neurology journals.