Sally Till – The Patrick Wild Centre

Dr Sally Till is a Walter Muir Autistica Fellow at The Patrick Wild Centre

The overarching goal of my current work is to aid in improving therapeutic approaches to cognitive disorders with the ultimate aim of enhancing human clinical trial efficacy.

EDINBURGH, UK - June 2014: Bold and striking images capturing the beauty and complexity of the brain have gone on display in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, showcasing world leading research by scientists at the University of Edinburgh. The exhibition titled "The brain - is wider than the sky" seeks to improve our understanding of the brain and how it is damaged in people with learning disabilities and other neurological conditions. Pictured Peter Kind, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience talks with Sophie Dow (grey top), founder of Mindroom and co-curator of the exhibition and Dr Sally Till, Centre for Integrative Physiology, next to a picture showing a sensory superhighway where information is carried to the cerebral cortex.(Photograph: MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY) — EDINBURGH, UK – June 2014: Bold and striking images capturing the beauty and complexity of the brain have gone on display in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, showcasing world leading research by scientists at the University of Edinburgh.

Though mainly a Patrick Wild Centre researcher focused on developing an improved experimental framework for studying cognitive and behavioural symptoms of autism spectrum disorders and related disorders, Sally recently curated a large scale outdoor art exhibition, The Brain Is WiderThan The Sky. The project highlighted the beauty and complexities of the typical and diseased brain and emphasised local research on neurodevelopmental disorders as a means of promoting tolerance and a better understanding of individuality. Consisting of 38 large-scale pictures generated by Edinburgh neuroscientists, the exhibition ran in St Andrew Square gardens in the heart of Edinburgh.