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1. Impact videos

   Meet the academics behind the Impact case studies and hear about them in their own words.

2. AI cameras enable real-time tracking of threatened animal species

   Find out more about how AI and Drone Technology for Wildlife Conservation.

3. The Forgotten Athletes: Jockey’s health reinvented

   Watch Dr George Wilson, a former jockey, talk about supporting riders to counter the detrimental effects of weight-making both on racing performance and long-term wellbeing.

4. Being shy makes no evolutionary sense but is so very human

   Watch Professor of English Joe Moran speak about shyness as a condition “ignored” in the current wave of attention on mental health and wellbeing.

5. The National Schools Observatory: Fascination with Space fires young scientific careers

   Find out more about The National Schools Observatory: Fascination with Space fires young scientific careers - Professor Andy Newsam.

6. Male suicide: Research insight builds a more effective prevention service

   By interrogating data from coroner, primary care and A&E records, health psychologist Dr Pooja Saini identified a recurring theme; a lack of support and services for people in suicidal crisis, particularly within community settings.

7. Research in Liverpool City Region (LCR)

   Explore the Liverpool City Region case studies and the people behind them.

8. Previous meetings

   View the previous meetings of the Liverpool Neuroscience Day taking place at LJMU on 13 June 2017.

9. Sir Bert Massie CBE DL (1949 – 2017)

   Bert was a famous disability rights campaigner, himself a wheelchair user, dedicating his life to advocating for improvements to the daily life of those with disabilities. He was also an alumnus of the Liverpool Polytechnic, later becoming an Honorary Fellow and serving as a governor, while working closely with the university on its equality and diversity policies.

10. Sir John Moores 1896-1993

    LJMU is proudly named in honour of Sir John Moores, a successful businessman who founded Liverpool’s famous Littlewoods retail and football pools company.