We are delighted to invite submissions from undergraduate* medical students in UK Medical Schools for the 2026 Prof Iain Wilkinson Essay Prize. The prize is awarded in honour of Prof Iain Wilkinson, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at the University of Sheffield who died in 2020. Prof Wilkinson was a leading figure in UK clinical brain imaging research and a long-standing friend and associate member of the British Society of Neuroradiologists.
The title for the essay is: Data, Consent, and the Public Good: Governance Challenges in Neuroradiological Research Engagement
The winner will receive a prize of £250 and the runner-up will receive £150. The winning essay will be published on the British Society of Neuroradiologists website.
To find out more and enter, go to: https://bsnr.org.uk/academic/undergrad/
*This includes medical students who have or are undertaking intercalated degrees, and graduate entry medical students registered at a UK university at the time of the entry deadline
To help celebrate the SBNS centenary, SBNS invite contributions from the wider neuroscience community: neurosurgeons, allied health professionals, and colleagues from neurology,
neuroradiology, neuro-anaesthesia, neuro-intensive care, neuropathology, neurorehabilitation and more – UK and international.
To submit your abstract and be part of this historic celebration please visit the SBNS100 Events Page on the SBNS Website www.sbns.org.uk.
Closing date for submissions: 4 May 2026
Conference dates: 12-16th October 2026
We are pleased to announce that the Isherwood Pump Priming Grant, up to £10,000 to support early career research in neuroradiology, is open for submissions!
For more details and to apply, please visit the Isherwood Grant page.
Thank you everyone for coming to Manchester for an excellent Annual Scientific Meeting! We hope you enjoyed the event, and our thanks go to a great organising team in Manchester and event organiser Louise Richards.
We were pleased to present the following prizes at the conference:
Presentation Prizes
Platform Presentation – 1st Place: Alina Sovetkina
Platform Presentation – 2nd Place: Neha Kallam
Poster Prize: Weixuan Ding
Wilkinson Essay Prize
1st prize: Abhishek Saha, 5th year medical student, Oxford
2nd prize: Rohan Singh, 2nd year medical student, Cambridge
You can read their essays on the Prof Iain Wilkinson Essay Prize page here.
We look forward to seeing everyone in London next year!
The Academic Subcommittee is continuing its partnership with BIC-ISMRM to promote their MR Education series. The aim of the partnership is to:
(i) foster academic collaboration between BSNR members who have a research interest and clinical physicists at other centres;
(ii) share clinical expertise and knowledge within neuroimaging;
(ii) learn about the latest MR techniques being developed in UK.
Please find attached the schedule for the Autumn term, where Dr Samantha Mills will be speaking on 14th November 2025 on the topic of “Multiple Sclerosis”. Previous speakers have included Dr Kish Mankad, Dr David Doig and Dr Tilak Das and if you are interested in giving a clinical lecture to a largely clinical physicist audience please contact Dr Harpreet Hyare: harpreet.hyare@nhs.net
BSNR members can sign up on the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=BCISMRM
See the full talk schedule here: MRI_teaching_schedule_AUTUMN_2025
We are delighted to invite submissions from undergraduate* medical students in UK Medical Schools for the 2025 Prof Iain Wilkinson Essay Prize. The prize is awarded in honour of Prof Iain Wilkinson, Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at the
University of Sheffield who died in 2020. Prof Wilkinson was a leading figure in UK clinical brain imaging research and a long-standing friend and associate member of the British Society of Neuroradiologists.
The title for the essay is: Neuroradiology in a world with changing climate: How can we make our specialty more sustainable?
The winner will receive a prize of £250 and the runner-up will receive £150. The winning essay will be published on the British Society of Neuroradiologists website.
To find out more and enter, go to: https://bsnr.org.uk/academic/undergrad/
Applications are invited for a full time Clinical Research Fellow in Neuroradiology: 50% research at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and 50% clinical in The Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Foundation Trust for a 12 month period.
UCLH are looking for a talented and motivated individual to join our friendly multidisciplinary team. The applicant will gain research experience in application of mathematical models to improve diagnosis of brain tumours at UCL Institute of Neurology and will support the diagnostic neuroradiology workload in one of London’s premiere Teaching Hospital Trusts. This post would suit a post-FRCR or post-CCT radiologist, with some prior research experience, who wishes to gain a further dedicated period of experience in diagnostic neuroradiology at a recognised Neuroscience Centre.
Find out more here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9309-25-0552
Closing date: 3rd July
More details available here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9317-25-0423
Applications close 6th April.
After a pilot last year, the Academic Subcommittee has launched a new partnership with BIC-ISMRM to promote their MR Education series. The aim of the partnership is to:
(i) foster academic collaboration between BSNR members who have a research interest and clinical physicists at other centres;
(ii) share clinical expertise and knowledge within neuroimaging;
(ii) learn about the latest MR techniques being developed in UK.
BSNR Members can register here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=BCISMRM
See the full timetable here: MRI_teaching_schedule_winter_2025_TalkSchedule (1).
This term features a talk by Dr Kish Mankad entitled “Paediatric Neuroimaging: The Acutely Encephalopathic Child” on the 28th March.
Details available at NHS Jobs: Job Advert
Closing date 31/12/24.