Oregonians becoming “brain aware” — that is the goal of the OHSU Brain Institute’s Brain Awareness Season Lecture Series. Everyone wonders or worries about their brain. There is so much to learn and understand. And brain science — neuroscience — transforms society, from parenting to prisons, from autism discoveries to Alzheimer’s prevention and from creating new policies to improving current medical practices. The 2013 Brain Awareness Lecture series — which begins Feb. 25 and runs … Read More
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Posted by: Todd Murphy in Brain Awareness Lecture Series
On: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, autism, Brain Awareness Season Lecture Series, Deep Brain Stimulation surgery, healthy aging, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease, Richard Hodes
The OHSU Brain Institute has been a national leader in brain and neurology research for years. And that leadership role has been confirmed once again by a new analysis of federal research funding to U.S. medical schools for 2012. The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, a non-profit group based in North Carolina, ranked OHSU fifth in the nation in total research grants in the neurosciences awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2012. OHSU … Read More
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Posted by: Todd Murphy in Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, News, Research
On: Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tags: Alzheimer's, Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, medical research funding, multiple sclerosis, National Institutes of Health, neurology, neurosciences, neurosurgery, OHSU Brain Institute, Parkinson's, stroke
