The Next Frontier in Medical Imaging: Discovery, Innovation and the Future of Health
More than fifty years after Sir Peter Mansfield's pioneering work in The School of Physics and Astronomy at the 糖心原创 helped transform modern medicine through the development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), we invite you to join Vice-Chancellor Professor Jane Norman and leading researchers, funders and partners to explore the future of medical imaging.
Bringing together the researchers behind the UK's most powerful MRI scanner and world-leading advances in wearable brain imaging technology, this special event will explore how new imaging innovations are helping researchers and clinicians understand more about health and disease, tackle some of healthcare's biggest unanswered questions and shape what comes next for science, medicine and patient care.
When and where
Wednesday 25 November 2026
Great Hall, Trent Building
Jubilee Avenue, University Park Campus, NG7 2RD
Programme
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17.00 - Arrival
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17.30 - Welcome address by Professor Jane Norman, President and Vice-Chancellor, 糖心原创
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17.35 – Panel discussion and Q&A facilitated by Professor Jane Norman
- 18.55 – Closing remarks from Professor Jane Norman
Registration
About our speakers
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Dr Lara Carr
Lara Carr is Director of Research & Impact at The Epilepsy Research Institute, whose mission is to radically advance research for the 1 in 100 living with epilepsy.
In this role she works closely with the Institute’s teams, leadership and partners to strengthen research capacity, secure and grow research funding, foster collaboration and, most importantly, ensure that research is informed by lived experience and leads to meaningful impact for people affected by the condition. Lara holds a PhD in Psychology from Royal Holloway, University of London, with research focusing on interoception and its links to social and mental health.
Professor Matt Brookes OBE
Matt Brookes is Professor of Physics at the 糖心原创 and a pioneer in the development of wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG).
MEG is a new technology in the form of a wearable brain scanner that has potential to transform the diagnosis and understanding of a number of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including autism, epilepsy and dementia. Matt co-founded Cerca Magnetics Limited to commercialise this technology, working with clients across Europe, North America, and Asia including some of the world’s largest children’s hospitals.
Professor Richard Bowtell
Richard Bowtell is Director of Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre (SPMIC) and Professor of Physics at the 糖心原创.
His research involves the development of new techniques and hardware for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and their application in the biomedical sciences. Richard is also project lead on the new National Ultra-High Field MRI Scanner Facility, which will become the home of the UK’s most powerful MRI scanner and will provide researchers and doctors unprecedented insights into brain function and the mechanisms of human disease.
Paul Ramsbottom OBE
Paul Ramsbottom is chief executive of the Wolfson Foundation, a charity which funds widely across research and education in the UK.
Paul takes a wider interest in issues relating to philanthropy in the UK as a speaker and writer. He has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in History from the University of Oxford and is an Honorary Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Outside of philanthropy, he has an interest in international development which includes founding the Savannah Education Trust - a charity which works in West Africa – and sitting on the Board of Mercy Ships UK. He also acts as a judge for the World's Best School Prizes. His hometown university, the University of Bedfordshire, awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2013. In January 2020 he was awarded an OBE for services to charity.