27.01.2025
CPNN+ P.I awarded ARIA funding for future adoption of neurotechnologies
Funding from the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to advance research that could unlock next-generation precision neurotechnologies.
Prof. Ben Seymour has been awarded funding to allow researchers from Oxford, as well as Warwick Business School, to develop a new tool for predicting patient preferences and possible uptake of interventional neurotechnologies. Ben says:
‘We’re really excited about this opportunity to think clearly and openly about the really transformational interventions that we can design and be part in some way of the next generation of treatments of neurological and mental health challenges. We’re an interdisciplinary team spanning clinical neuroscience, behavioural and health economics, computational psychology, and game theory. We work together as part of the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, and have come together with Warwick Business School to create this unique team that spans cutting-edge science and health policy’. For more information, please visit https://www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/scalable-neural-interfaces/precision-neurotechnologies/
More news
See all
Free online webinar on ‘Learning How to Get Old: A Balance of Immunity and Autoimmunity’ by Prof. Eoin Mckinney, University of Cambridge
This talk explores groundbreaking research on immune ageing, analysing data from over 6,700 individuals to reveal how immune traits change across the lifespan. Using machine learning, Eoin’s work identifies "immune age" as a predictor of mortality, independent of chronological age, and highlights key immune mechanisms linked to survival. Genetic analyses further uncover connections between immune ageing and autoimmune diseases, offering new insights into ageing and longevity.
University of Oxford – Vice Chancellor guest edit on BBC Radio 4
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Professor Irene Tracey’s guest edit was broadcast on 28 December 2024. The programme features our CPNN+ P.I (Professor Ben Seymour) who describes his own pain lab at Oxford. Professor Tracey, also a neuroscientist, reflects on her own research field in understanding and treating pain, and the broader role that Universities play in society.
‘Ouch! Solving the riddle of pain’
We all know what hurts, but why is it so difficult to describe? Emma Cook (Assistant Editor for The Observer magazine) meets the neurologists attempting to solve one of medicine’s most enduring issues and what it means for patients – and hears from a woman who has never felt pain.