Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future The Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture was launched in 2000 to honour the legacy of Dr Tom Ingram, a Reader in the University of Edinburgh Department of Child Life and Health, and a pioneer in the research and management of children with cerebral palsy.The biennial lecture is hosted by the Department of Child Life and Health on a subject related to child neurology. Previously held at the Edinburgh BioQuarter, Royal Hospital for Children and Young people, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh, lectures have featured speakers from Belgium, Australia, London and Scotland.This year we are delighted to announce that Professor Robert Minns (KCHS, MB BS, PhD, MA (ACT), FRCPEdin, FRCPCH) will deliver the lecture during Edinburgh Medical School 300.Professor Minns will reveal how the clinical entity Cerebral Palsy has changed over the last century, as a result of the different brain damaging aetiologies starting from intrauterine life, through until brain growth cessation later in childhood.This lecture will illustrate the profound differences in the clinical motor picture through time, and the associated co-morbidities. It will also point out the innovations following research of multi-specialty management of the cerebral palsy in Edinburgh, and additionally the important advances in the co-morbidities.Cerebral Palsy, although different in several ways, is not less a diagnosis today than it was 100 years ago, and usually extends into adulthood.Book your place via Eventbrite. Oct 01 2026 14.00 - 17.00 Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future Join the Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture - ‘The Changing Cerebral Palsies of Childhood’ by Professor Robert Minns. Informatics Forum University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street Edinburgh EH8 9AB Book your place via Eventbrite This article was published on Wednesday 17 June 2026
Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future The Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture was launched in 2000 to honour the legacy of Dr Tom Ingram, a Reader in the University of Edinburgh Department of Child Life and Health, and a pioneer in the research and management of children with cerebral palsy.The biennial lecture is hosted by the Department of Child Life and Health on a subject related to child neurology. Previously held at the Edinburgh BioQuarter, Royal Hospital for Children and Young people, and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh, lectures have featured speakers from Belgium, Australia, London and Scotland.This year we are delighted to announce that Professor Robert Minns (KCHS, MB BS, PhD, MA (ACT), FRCPEdin, FRCPCH) will deliver the lecture during Edinburgh Medical School 300.Professor Minns will reveal how the clinical entity Cerebral Palsy has changed over the last century, as a result of the different brain damaging aetiologies starting from intrauterine life, through until brain growth cessation later in childhood.This lecture will illustrate the profound differences in the clinical motor picture through time, and the associated co-morbidities. It will also point out the innovations following research of multi-specialty management of the cerebral palsy in Edinburgh, and additionally the important advances in the co-morbidities.Cerebral Palsy, although different in several ways, is not less a diagnosis today than it was 100 years ago, and usually extends into adulthood.Book your place via Eventbrite. Oct 01 2026 14.00 - 17.00 Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future Join the Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture - ‘The Changing Cerebral Palsies of Childhood’ by Professor Robert Minns. Informatics Forum University of Edinburgh 10 Crichton Street Edinburgh EH8 9AB Book your place via Eventbrite This article was published on Wednesday 17 June 2026
Oct 01 2026 14.00 - 17.00 Child Neurology in Edinburgh: A View into the Past, Present, and Future Join the Thomas TS Ingram Memorial Lecture - ‘The Changing Cerebral Palsies of Childhood’ by Professor Robert Minns.
