CaRE webinar video featuring dementia researchers and advocates now published

The webinar featured short presentations followed by a panel discussion.
L-R: (Top row) David Derby, Lucy Vivash, Tara McDonald; (Bottom
row) Juliana Silva, Nadine Andrew, Malcolm Johnson. See video.

The Community and Researcher Engagement (CaRE) committee hosted a webinar on 18 May 2022, "What we know about the brain and how it changes with dementia", which covered a range of relevant topics and perspectives relating to dementia, from the perspectives of those affected by the disease, clinicians, and researchers.

With dementia being one of the leading cause of death and a significant cause of disability in Australia, particularly in older populations, most of us will—at some stage, and in some way—be touched by the disease.

See:

• Webinar recording (1:30:20 hrs)
• Program (pdf, 3.2 mb)
• CaRE news and events web page
  

Neuroscience supports early career researchers with new initiative

Dr Juliana Silva (left) and Dr Ana Antonic-Baker (right)

by Dr Loretta Piccenna

Congratulations to Dr Juliana Silva and Dr Ana Antonic-Baker in Central Clinical School's (CCS) Department of Neuroscience who have each received a seed grant worth $25,000 to pursue new collaborations and research projects.

The Department of Neuroscience launched their inaugural “Find a Friend” initiative late in 2021 to provide funding for two Early Career Researchers or late stage (final year) PhD students to undertake a small (pilot) research project over 12 months.