UK GIBA Network+ Seminar Series (30th October 2026)

Discover the latest advances in understanding of the gut-immune-brain axis in the UK GIBA Network+ Seminar Series.   

These online sessions feature presenters from across our five working groups.  

Date: Friday 30th October 2026 

Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm  

Speakers: Prof Samuele Cortese and Prof Koushik Maharatna 

Prof Samuele Cortese
Institution: University of Southampton
Position: NIHR Research Professor 

Samuele Cortese is currently a NIHR Research Professor; Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Southampton; and Honorary Consultant for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. He is also an Adjunct Professor at NYU. Prof Cortese’s main research interests focus on neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on the evaluation of treatments and the implementation of evidence-based practices. Since 2022, he has been included in the top 1% of scientists in the field of psychiatry and psychology (Clarivate – Web of Science). He is the Chair of the European ADHD Guidelines Group and a member of the task force for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD) adult ADHD guidelines. He previously served as a member of the NHS ADHD Taskforce and as a member of the specialist committee for the NICE guideline on digital technologies for assessing ADHD. 

Presentation title: Personalisation of ADHD treatment: possible role of microbiome?
 

Prof Koushik Maharatna
Institution: University of Southampton
Position: Chair in Signal Processing Systems Design

Koushik Maharatna is currently the Chair of Signal Processing Systems Design at the School of Electronics and Computer Sciences at the University of Southampton. He is an internationally leading expert in the multidisciplinary field of Biomedical signal processing and next-generation remote healthcare systems development. His particular focus is on applications of signal processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the area of prediction and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, and Neurodegenerative and Neurodevelopmental disorders. He was the scientific coordinator in several European Commission funded projects, currently leading Horizon Europe funded 10 million Euro project PUREMIND which focus on understanding causal interactions between environmental factors-genome-gut-brain axis for mental illness. He has published 150+ research papers in high-impact journals and conference proceedings.  

Presentation title: Biologically inspired Dendritic Tree Neural Network (DenNet) and its application in metabolomics
 

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