Lecture
Running on Empty: Blood Flow, Brain Energy, and Dementia
Wednesday 3 June 18:00 until 19:00
Βι¶ΉΣ³» Campus : Fulton Building, Fulton A, Βι¶ΉΣ³»
Speaker: Professor Catherine Hall
Part of the series: Βι¶ΉΣ³» Universe Public Lecture Series 25-26
Join Professor Catherine Hall at the Βι¶ΉΣ³» as she journeys through your brain’s 400 miles of blood vessels and explains how they keep your brain healthy and what happens to our brains when blood vessels go wrong.
“Thinking really is hungry work, and not feeding our brains enough might start them on the path to dementia. I want to understand how so we can stop that from happening.”
Catherine’s research studies how the brain’s blood vessels work, what happens to brain cells when they don’t get enough blood, and why some parts of the brain go wrong more quickly when that happens. She is a Professor of Neurovascular Science in the School of Psychology and Βι¶ΉΣ³» Neuroscience, at the Βι¶ΉΣ³» and a Professorial Research Fellow at University College London in the British Heart Foundation and UK Dementia Research Institute’s Centre for Vascular Dementia Research.
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SUSSEX UNIVERSE is a FREE public science lecture series hosted by the Βι¶ΉΣ³». Each talk focus on a different topic ranging across sciences, engineering and medicine. Enjoy an evening of cutting-edge science followed by an audience Q&A with the scientists.
By: Kellie Powney
Last updated: Monday, 9 February 2026