New Lifespan Brain Institute
Cambridge University Announces New Institute to Study Brain Health Across the Lifespan
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The University of Cambridge has announced the Cambridge Mind and Brain Institute, which will study brain health and cognitive and emotional difficulties across the lifespan, from early childhood to old age. Founded by the university’s Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, the institute will bring researchers together with patients, carers, practitioners, policymakers and innovators. Its research will examine how factors such as digital lifestyles, diet, physical inactivity, illness, climate change, conflict and social relationships affect brain health—and why their effects vary among individuals. Researchers will have access to neuroimaging, brain stimulation, technical and computing resources, which will also be available to the wider research community. The institute will offer postgraduate training, including a new MPhil in NeuroAI and Intelligent Systems and the existing MPhil in Cognitive Neurosciences, and is scheduled to launch in April 2027.
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The institute will build on research conducted by the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at Cambridge.
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Cambridge says treatments for conditions affecting the brain and mind are often ineffective because researchers do not yet fully understand how the relevant factors affect brain health.
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The institute plans to hold lectures and academic events, as well as public-engagement activities intended to encourage people to participate in brain and mind research.
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Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice said the institute aims to “transform how we understand and support individuals experiencing cognitive and emotional difficulties at every stage of life.”
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