Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)? Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman is professor of clinical neurology at the University of Edinburgh and an honorary consultant neurologist in NHS Lothian. His Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage (RUSH) programme focuses on the deadliest type of stroke known as brain haemorrhage, which is caused by spontaneous bleeding from blood vessels into the brain. Each year this disease affects about 2 million adults worldwide, 10,000 of whom are in the UK. RUSH is dedicated to better understanding the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage, and to design randomised controlled trials to improve its outcome. Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to achieve these simple objectives in the complex world of medical research. May 30 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)? Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to better understand the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage and design trials to improve its outcome. Lecture Theatre A The Chancellor's Building 49 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4SB Book tickets via Eventbrite
Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)? Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman is professor of clinical neurology at the University of Edinburgh and an honorary consultant neurologist in NHS Lothian. His Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage (RUSH) programme focuses on the deadliest type of stroke known as brain haemorrhage, which is caused by spontaneous bleeding from blood vessels into the brain. Each year this disease affects about 2 million adults worldwide, 10,000 of whom are in the UK. RUSH is dedicated to better understanding the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage, and to design randomised controlled trials to improve its outcome. Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to achieve these simple objectives in the complex world of medical research. May 30 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)? Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to better understand the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage and design trials to improve its outcome. Lecture Theatre A The Chancellor's Building 49 Little France Crescent Edinburgh EH16 4SB Book tickets via Eventbrite
May 30 2016 17.30 - 18.30 Inaugural Lecture: What’s the RUSH (Research to Understand Stroke due to Haemorrhage)? Professor Salman’s inaugural lecture will describe a doctor’s quest to better understand the causes and consequences of brain haemorrhage and design trials to improve its outcome.