Community Liaison

GSK, Clinical Imaging Centre is dedicated to encouraging interest in science and particularly in nurturing a child’s interest in the various science disciplines.

One example of our commitment is the opportunity for schools to visit the GSK, CIC for a tour of the facility. If you would like to arrange a visit to the centre or are interested in finding out more about our community liaison programme email us for further details.

Science Seminars

GSK CIC host fortnightly Science Seminars at the CIC facility based at Hammersmith Hospital. These events last approximately 1.5 hours and are open to our collaborators and other interested persons. If you would like to be added to our mailing list for details on forthcoming events please email inserting "Science Seminar" in the subject line.

Example of recent events:
"Pharmacological fMRI in pre-clinical drug discovery"
Adam J. Schwarz, PhD MInstP CSci 
Department of NeuroImaging (Biology),
GlaxoSmithKline

"Quantitative improvements in PET/CT imaging though respiratory and partial volume corrections"
Dimitris Visvikis, PhD.
National Institute of Health and Medical Research,
Laboratoire de Traitement d'Information Medicale (LaTIM),
Equipe 'Quantification en Tomographie d'Emission',
Brest, France

"Functional imaging of physically and psychologically induced pain in controls and functional pain patients"
Stuart WG Derbyshire, PhD.
School of Psychology
Birmingham University

"Combining T1-weighted and diffusion-weighted images to investigate structural abnormalities in Huntington’s disease"
Gwenaelle Douaud, PhD
Oxford University FMRIB Centre
John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington