The CRC adopts a highly translational, disease-oriented bench-to-bedside research approach within a multidisciplinary environment. To strengthen clinical relevance, medical scientists are trained in key neurovascular diseases and clinically driven research questions.

This is achieved through a “Grand Rounds” seminar series, introducing major neurovascular disorders with a focus on clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and current research strategies. Topics include acute and chronic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, small vessel disease, rare neurovascular disorders, neurovascular monitoring, prevention strategies, and neuropsychiatric aspects such as delirium and dementia.

In addition, the IRTG promotes tandem projects pairing MD and advanced PhD candidates with complementary expertise to foster long-term collaboration between clinicians and basic scientists. The program is further enriched by industry speakers, who provide insights into translational research pipelines and pharmaceutical development.

Examples of specific topics of these “grand round” seminars will be:

• Acute stroke therapy
• Chronic stroke therapy
• Symptoms and treatment of subarachnoid and intraparenchymal haemorrhage
• Presentation and treatment of small vessel disease
• Rare neurovascular diseases
• Monitoring and in-vivo recordings in neurovascular diseases
• Prevention of neurovascular diseases
• Neuropsychiatric aspects of neurovascular diseases – Delir versus Dementia