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Helen Ling receives award for neuropathology study funded by The Drake Foundation

17 Jun 2017

At the Association of British Neurologists Meeting held in Liverpool 3–5 May 2017, Dr Helen Ling (University College London) was awarded the Charles Symonds Prize for the best platform presentation for presentation of her work diagnosing CTE in former football association (soccer players).

This work was funded by The Drake Foundation and published earlier this year in Acta Neuropathologica.

Find out more about Helen’s work here.

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