Team Lithium
Team Lithium is a group of clinicians and scientists, striving to understand the nature of lithium in order to improve the treatment of common psychiatric illnesses. We are based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, at the Translational and Clinical Research Institute. Most of our research is conducted at the Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre, a newly built facility at Newcastle University. We also collaborate internationally.
What's new?
Recent presentations
Dr Victoria Wing was selected to give an oral presentation at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Academic Faculty Meeting 2024 for ‘Human brain7Li-MRI following low-dose lithium dietary supplementation in healthy participants’.
Recent funding
Dr Victoria Wing, Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF) - Recipient of the Royal College of Psychiatrist Academic Trainees Small Grant Award 2024 to fund Supplementary Lithium: Imaging, Peripheral Inflammation and Mitochondrial Function (SLIPI-M).
Recent funding
Elliott Asprey received funding from the Newcastle University Vacation Scholarship Scheme and the BAP Summer Studentship award 2024 to work on the LiDO study, supervised by Dr. Victoria Wing and Dr. Oisín Kavanagh.
USEFUL RESOURCES
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