Jane Hodge fellows appointed

The Jane Hodge Foundation is supporting the creation of the Jane Hodge Neuroscience Research Fellows Programme here at the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute at Cardiff University. 

The programme will run for four years and allow us to recruit two rising research stars to develop work in critical areas of neuroscience.

The generosity of the Jane Hodge Foundation means that we can bring the brightest and best researchers to the NMHRI to translate our findings into benefits for patients and their families. The two Research Fellows will now make all the difference and allows us to make rapid progress in understanding and treating conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease.

"The support provided by the Jane Hodge Foundation Neuroscience Research Fellowship will allow me to continue investigating the dysfunction of individual brain cells and the connections between them in neurodevelopmental disorders, in particular, schizophrenia. This is an important step in translating recently obtained genetic information about these diseases into a greater understanding of the neuropathology and in the development of new therapeutic strategies."

Research fellow, Dr Adam Errington, will focus on the 'cellular, synaptic and circuit level mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders' and research fellow, Dr Nichola Brydges, will focus on translational neuroscience.

"The Jane Hodge Fellowship will allow me to continue research into the impact of childhood adversity on the development of psychiatric disorders. Using a translational neuroscience approach, I aim to elucidate underlying biological mechanisms and develop novel therapeutic approaches for mental illness."