Prof Benedict D Michael FRCP PhD

Encephalitis: global threats, trends and public health implications: a technical brief Encephalitis is a serious, life-threatening neurological condition characterized by inflammation of the brain. Prioritizing encephalitis within global and national health agendas and promoting collabo...

🧠 #Encephalitis is a deadly brain inflammation. Cases are rising due to climate change, vaccine gaps & population growth.

Shaped by many experts, including CPP Awardee @benedictneuro.bsky.social, the @who.int has issued a global call to improve care.

➡️ Full WHO technical brief: shorturl.at/triO2

Computer image of a transparent human head with the brain and vagus nerve illuminated

£2.7M for Liverpool-led trial investigating vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/16/2...

Join us as we come together today on #WorldBrainDay2025 to raise awareness of brain health and champion lifelong brain wellness through childhood, adulthood and into older age. 🧠🧑‍⚕️

📅22 July, 1pm UK time

Register for @wfneurology webinar: tinyurl.com/3zxvspxe

New MSc Neuroscience is launching in September 2026.

This programme will introduce students to the field of neuroscience through the lens of clinical disorders of the central nervous system.

Register your interest: www.liverpool.ac.uk/postgraduate...

WATCH | Last week marked the official launch of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research centre bringing together brain and mind expertise to address… | U... WATCH | Last week marked the official launch of the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) - a world-leading research centre bringing together brain and mind expertise to address some...

Watch the LINC intro video: www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

'It's the spirit of Liverpool that has made this possible' LFC legend David Fairclough praised the initiative that is the first of its kind in the country

The LINC launch was reported on by The Liverpool Echo:
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

An amazing event and achievement - thank you so for including us. We're excited for the future!

Nursing patients with encephalitis | British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing Encephalitis is a complex syndrome with many aetiologies and presentations. Nurses play an integral role in the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with encephalitis during both the acute and long-term stages of the condition. Diagnosis hinges on clinical assessments including cerebrospinal fluid testing and brain imaging, and antivirals remain as first-line treatment for suspected cases. Lack of awareness or education can limit the effectiveness of the nurse's delivery of care. However, multidisciplinary team input can bridge this divide and provide a person-centred approach to meet the variable and individual care needs that present with each case. The COVID-19 pandemic also demonstrated how nurses need to remain vigilant in considering encephalitis when caring for such patients, in understanding the condition's interaction with the virus, and the impact this may have on the management and long-term care of these patients.

Read our article on "Nursing patients with encephalitis" highlighting the importance of providing a person-centred approach to care with nurses playing a pivotal role. tinyurl.com/4j94tw2v 👏 Hannah Castell
@orlahilton.bsky.social @benedictneuro.bsky.social
@encephalitisint.bsky.social #BJNN

A great privilege to launch the LINC centre of excellence in brain and mind research. With a great team and partners- including WHO, Industry, and 3rd sector. @encephalitisint.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @liverpoolecho.co.uk

✨ Fantastic turn out last night for the launch event. Thanks to everyone who came and made it such a success! ✨

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/07/10/b...

Clinical prediction models for diagnosing scrub typhus & doxycycline-treatable causes in children with acute #encephalitis syndrome in India.

OUT NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/jh2826nn

@encephalitisint.bsky.social @benedictneuro.bsky.social @lanceturtle.bsky.social @runningmadprof.bsky.social

@brainiigroup.bsky.social & Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC) hosted Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to showcase our #Neuroscience and research facilities. liverpool.ac.uk/liverpool-in...

@lcrmayor.bsky.social @benedictneuro.bsky.social @thewaltoncentre.bsky.social

Well done to Louise Osborne on being awarded her Association of Physician's award for a Summer Studentship with @brainiigroup.bsky.social

👉Read more about the studentship: liverpool.ac.uk/medicine/new...

@benedictneuro.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livunimedicine.bsky.social

☕ Kickstart your #ABN2025!

Don't miss our 7:50am SIG sessions with leaders in neurology 🧠:

🦠 Neuro Infection - Thurs, 8 May
Dr Bhagteshwar Singh , Dr Laura Benjamin, and Dr Matt Jones!

🧩 Cognitive - Fri, 9 May
Dr Mark Ellul, Prof @benedictneuro.bsky.social and Dr @dravaeaston.bsky.social !

Congratulations to Dr Wood on her NIHR Invention for Innovation award 🧠🏆🎉

By 1950, the consensus among scientific leaders was that race is a social construct and not a biological phenomenon. Scientists affirmed this in a statement published that year by the United Nations science and education agency UNESCO (see go.nature.com/3mqrfcy). This has since been reaffirmed by subsequent findings showing there is no genetic basis for race, because humans share 99.9% similarity and have a single origin, in Africa6,7. There is more genetic variation within ‘races’ than between them.

Hello! Anyone looking for the most sober, referenced exploration of how RACE IS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT (and how racism and science share a history) should check out this excellent @nature.com guest-edited editorial from 2022: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Greta Wood of @brainiigroup.bsky.social awarded an #NIHR grant to develop a wearable biosensor for #brain injury during #infection.

News out TODAY!
liverpool.ac.uk/infection-ve...

@livuninews.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @encephalitisint.bsky.social

YouTube video by Encephalitis International Countdown to Change – World Encephalitis Day Appeal 2025

World Encephalitis Day 2025 will present a pivotal moment in the history of encephalitis.
We are proud to present our World Encephalitis Day appeal – Countdown to Change.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M51...

#worldencephalitisday #red4wed #encephalitis

That’s exactly what we’re looking at now. Host vs pathogen contributions. Thanks for the interest

Hi. We did some work during H1N1 but the denominator was not sufficiently high to study in such detail.

#Covid cognitive deficits even 12-18months AFTER hospitalisation associated with reduced #brain volume on MRI and #brain-injury biomarkers in blood.

OUT NOW in @NatureMedicine