28 Oct 2019

Congratulations to Brain Foundation winners!

L-R: Emma Foster, Pablo Casillas-Espinosa, Mujun Sun, Lin Zhang, Edrich Rodrigues
The Brain Foundation announced its grant winners on 21 October 2019. A total of 23 gifts were awarded for a total combined value of $540,000. Central Clinical School's Department of Neuroscience and Alfred Health researchers received five of those gifts, across five separate categories. Congratulations to Emma Foster, Pablo Casillas-Espinosa, Mujun Sun, Lin Zhang and Edrich Rodrigues!

Category: 2 Cerebral Diseases
Dr Pablo Casillas-Espinosa, Sodium selenate – a novel treatment for stroke and post-stroke epilepsy $25,000

Category: 4 Epilepsy
Dr Emma Foster (PhD student in Professor Patrick Kwan's group), Optimisation of first seizure management: a retrospective data linkage analysis $18,000

Category: 5 Neuromuscular Diseases
Dr Edrich Rodrigues, Imaging blood flow in nerves in patients with nerve disorders and its relation to treatment $25,000

Category: 8 Chronic Headache and Migraine
Dr Lin Zhang, MRI cervical muscles in chronic migraine and cervical dystonia $18,000

Category: 9 Neural Infections
Dr Mujun Sun, How does Toxoplasma Gondii, a common worldwide infection, affect brain injury $25,000 

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