Registered Charity no. 1037513
Patron - The Most Reverend Archbishop Desmond Tutu, OMS, DD, FKC.
institute of brain chemistry and human nutrition
The research institute, 'Institute of Brain Chemistry & Human Nutrition (IBCHN)' was established in 1989 with a mission to understand how nutrients influence human development and health. Initially, the IBCHN was located at the Hayward Research Building, Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children, Hackney, London. It is from this research hospital that the late Dr Bernard Laurence helped pioneer the work on maternal and neonatal nutrition.
The IBCHN relocated at the London Metropolitan University (formerly University of North London) in 1996, when the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was earmarked for closure. The laboratory centred basic and applied research activities at the IBCHN are primarily on lipid and membrane biochemistry in relation to development and health.
