Research Challenge News

Research Challenge Award Winner 2024: Dr Godber Mathis Godbersen

Research Challenge Award Winner 2024: Dr Godber Mathis Godbersen

We are delighted to announce that Dr Godber Mathis Godbersen has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge Award 2024 for his promising research proposal regarding Absolute Quantification of Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation using Functional PET Imaging.

Research Challenge Award Winner 2023: Dr Debby Klooster

Research Challenge Award Winner 2023: Dr Debby Klooster

We are delighted to announce that Dr Debby Klooster has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge Award 2023 for her ambitious research proposal for integrated non-invasive brain stimulation study focusing on Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation.

Research Challenge Award 2022 Winner: Kevin Caulfield

Research Challenge Award 2022 Winner: Kevin Caulfield

We are excited to announce that Kevin Caulfield, Medical University of South Carolina has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative’s Research Challenge award 2022 for his enticing research proposal on Safety, Parameterization, and Mechanism of Out-Of-Scanner Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (tFUS).

Research Challenge 2021 Winner: Ben Clennell, University of Bristol

Research Challenge 2021 Winner: Ben Clennell, University of Bristol

Ben Clennell, University of Bristol, has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge 2021 for his ambitious application exploring transcranial focused ultrasound (TUS) neuromodulation techniques.

2020 Research Winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige Has Been Awarded Her PhD

2020 Research Winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige Has Been Awarded Her PhD

Congratulations to 2020 Research Challenge winner Kendra Kandana Arachchige (University of Mons) on being awarded her PhD.

Roisin McMackin Passes Her Viva

Roisin McMackin Passes Her Viva

Congratulations to our 2020 Research Challenge Winner Roisin McMackin on passing her viva with no corrections.

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Kendra Kandana Arachchige

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Kendra Kandana Arachchige

We are delighted to announce that Kendra Kandana Arachchige of the University of Mons has been chosen as one of the Brainbox Initiative's Research Challenge winners for 2020. Kendra is currently in the final stages of her PhD, 'Cognitive mechanisms involved in gesture/speech integration: the role of verbal working memory and visual attention', and hopes to begin work on her winning Research Challenge submission in mid-2021.

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Roisin McMackin

Research Challenge Winner 2020: Roisin McMackin

We are delighted to announce that Roisin McMackin of Trinity College Dublin has been awarded the Brainbox Initiative Research Challenge award for 2020. Roisin is currently in the final stages of her PhD at The Academic Unit of Neurology, Trinity College Dublin, and hopes to submit her thesis Human Neurodegeneration: A Spectral EEG and TMS based Approach in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis later this year.