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If you do brain research in Ottawa, says David Park, it makes sense to open your doors once a year and show the people who live here what you are learning.
Brain Health Awareness Week will run from Sept. 14-19, featuring a free public lecture each weekday about different areas of discovery in neuroscience. They’re all in plain language for the general community, and there’s a question-and-answer session after each one.
Park is a neuroscientist and director of the University of Ottawa’s Brain and Mind Research Institute, and he says the public “wants to learn about the brain. They want to learn in their own neighbourhood what exciting things are happening. And we have a number of programs that we’re talking about that can make an immediate impact.
“One of the mandates of the Brain and Mind (institute) is to reach out to the public,” to show where research and new treatments are leading “and get feedback on what we are doing. And that’s why it’s critical.”
He has lined up lectures for Monday to Thursday on four topics of public interest: New developments in Parkinson’s treatment, stroke, post-traumatic stress in first responders, and neuromuscular diseases.
The Friday evening will feature a debate about whether stem cells are ready to use in therapy.
The lectures are in the late afternoons and evenings at the University of Ottawa, though not all in the same building. The website has times and places.
Admission is free but people need to register at brainhealthawarenessweek.ca. (Click on “Events and Registration.”)
Saturday will have a fundraiser about yoga and the brain, and events for children.
“The brain is still a mystery,” Park said. “The amount of things that we need to know to effectively combat a number of brain disorders is still staggering. But we are making headway and we want to make the public aware of this. There’s a hunger in the community (to know): What are you guys doing for us?”
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Brain Health Awareness Week will run from Sept. 14-19, featuring a free public lecture each weekday about different areas of discovery in neuroscience. They’re all in plain language for the general community, and there’s a question-and-answer session after each one.
Park is a neuroscientist and director of the University of Ottawa’s Brain and Mind Research Institute, and he says the public “wants to learn about the brain. They want to learn in their own neighbourhood what exciting things are happening. And we have a number of programs that we’re talking about that can make an immediate impact.
“One of the mandates of the Brain and Mind (institute) is to reach out to the public,” to show where research and new treatments are leading “and get feedback on what we are doing. And that’s why it’s critical.”
He has lined up lectures for Monday to Thursday on four topics of public interest: New developments in Parkinson’s treatment, stroke, post-traumatic stress in first responders, and neuromuscular diseases.
The Friday evening will feature a debate about whether stem cells are ready to use in therapy.
The lectures are in the late afternoons and evenings at the University of Ottawa, though not all in the same building. The website has times and places.
Admission is free but people need to register at brainhealthawarenessweek.ca. (Click on “Events and Registration.”)
Saturday will have a fundraiser about yoga and the brain, and events for children.
“The brain is still a mystery,” Park said. “The amount of things that we need to know to effectively combat a number of brain disorders is still staggering. But we are making headway and we want to make the public aware of this. There’s a hunger in the community (to know): What are you guys doing for us?”
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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