Neuroimaging Sciences

History

• 1998 - In January, the Brain Research Imaging Centre (BRIC) was founded & located in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital
• 2006 - The Neuroimaging Sciences project administration mechanisms merged with the Clinical Research Facility
• 2016 - BRIC became part of Edinburgh Imaging & is now referred to as the Edinburgh Imaging Facility WGH
• 2017  - In February, a second Brain Research Imaging Facility was officially opened developed at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Little France site (Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE)
• 2019 – The original BRIC facility at the WGH ceased to operate

Facility Director

• Professor Joanna Wardlaw

Senior Staff

• Professor Andrew Farrall
• Professor Adam Waldman
• Dr Michael Thrippleton

Technical Staff

• Meet our radiographers

Acknowledgements

We are dependent on donations to help push forward the frontiers of science.

We are extremely grateful to the following organisations for major funding support:

• AgeUK
• Alzheimer's Society
• British Heart Foundation
• Chief Scientits Office
• Cohen Charitable Trust
• Dunhill Medical Trust
• GE Medical Systems
• Medical Research Council
• MS Society
• National Institute for Health Research Emerging Medicines Evaluation (EME) Board
• National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme
• NHS Lothian Research & Development
• Row Fogo Charitable Trust
• Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration
• Scottish Funding Council
• Stroke Association
• Translational Medicine Research Initiative
• Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility Edinburgh
• Wyeth / TMRI Ltd
• USA NIH
• Private Donations

Donations

Find out more about how to support the Edinburgh Imaging Facility RIE.