The Linacre lecture was established by the Royal College of Physicians in 1990 and named after its first president, Dr Thomas Linacre. It is awarded competitively each year to a member under the age of 40.
Professor Benedict Michael was awarded the 2022 Royal College of Physicians Linacre Lectureship for his work on the neurological complications of COVID-19.
Professor Michael is a Senior Clinician Scientist Fellow and leads the Infection Neuroscience Lab at the Institute for Infection Veterinary and Ecological Sciences and an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at The Walton Centre.
In 2020 he led the first nationwide surveillance studies of the neurological complications of COVID-19 in adults and of children published in the Lancet Psychiatry and Lancet Adolescent and Child Health. He also provided expert comment on the emerging topic across UK and international media.
He co-lead the £2.3 million UKRI-funded COVID-Clinical Neuroscience Study, which is working to better understand the disease mechanisms of these neurological complications of SARS-CoV2.
Professor Michael presented his lecture, entitled ‘Humanity’s First Chance - Understanding what pandemic infection can do to the human brain,’ at the annual RCP conference in London in 2023. You can watch the talk by clicking on the video below.
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