UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (left) and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (right) in Queen Square, London
Established1950[1]
DirectorMichael G. Hanna[2]
Administrative staff
Around 800[3]
StudentsAround 500 graduate students[3]
Location
Queen Square, London,
United Kingdom
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/ion Edit this at Wikidata

The UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology is an institute within the Faculty of Brain Sciences of University College London (UCL) and is located in London, United Kingdom.[1] Together with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, an adjacent facility with which it cooperates closely, the institute forms a major centre for teaching, training and research in neurology and allied clinical and basic neurosciences.[4][5]

The institute has a staff of around 750 and 500 graduate students, an annual turnover of £102 million and occupies around 12,000 sq m of laboratory and office space.[6] Four of the 12 most highly cited authors in neuroscience and behaviour in the world are currently based at the institute.[3] The institute conducts research into a wide range of neurological diseases, including movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, brain cancer, stroke and brain injury, muscle and nerve disorders, cognitive dysfunction and dementia.[7] It forms a key part of UCL Neuroscience.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Home". UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Officers". UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "About the Institute". UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Britain's best hospitals: A patients' guide". The Independent. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  5. ^ "World-class research". The Brain Research Trust. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. ^ UCL (13 January 2021). "About us". UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ Charles Clarke; Robin Howard; Martin Rossor; Simon D. Shorvon (2009), Neurology: A Queen Square Textbook, London, UK: John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 9781444311693, retrieved 19 April 2011