What is Brain Awareness Week?
Dana Foundation's Brain Awareness Week is a global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Annually in March, organisations host events and activities and raise awareness across their communities.
Events
The Schools of Life Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts and the Brain Matters Society are bringing together a week of exciting brain-related events.
- Monday 10 March, 10am-6pm, The Pavilion (C1.18), Cavendish Campus
Westminster Neuroscience Symposium
Join us to discover the latest research, trends and advancements in developmental, cognitive and molecular and cellular neuroscience. It's a fantastic opportunity to learn, share ideas, and connect with fellow science enthusiasts and scientists.
- Tuesday 11 March, 11am-5pm, Room C1.04 Cavendish Campus
Brain Health and Brain Care - workshop series
This event includes Multisensory awareness and tuning to synaesthetic sounds and singing, Nutrition for Better Brain Health, Mindfulness Neurodiversity and Wellbeing and Yoga.
- Wednesday 12 March, 11am-1.30pm, Room C4.01 Cavendish Campus
Brain Staining Workshop with Dr Joan Liu and Dr Maria Ashioti
- Wednesday 12 March, 2pm onwards, Room 4.101 Cavendish Campus
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Workshop
Dr Beth Parkin and Dr Karen Bunday
- Thursday 13 March, 10am-12pm, London location - Guided Visit to the Museum of Pathology with Dr Nadege Presneau and Dr Ilias Kazanis
- Thursday 13 March, Room C2.07 Cavendish Campus - Brain and Clay
Build a brain model and explore your creativity using clay.
- Friday 14 March, 4pm onwards, The Pavilion (C1.18), Cavendish Campus
What it's like to live with a Brain Injury. ABI survivors, The Schools of Social Sciences, Life Sciences and Arts and the Brain Matters Society have joined forces with charities ATTEND and Headway East London to bring you an event where brain injury survivors will share their stories with Dr Laura Boubert. The conversation will explore their life stories and how the brain injury has changed their lives and their cognition.
Followed by refreshments.
The Quintin Hogg Trust and the British Neuroscience Association kindly support our events.
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