Brain Awareness Month 2020: Arrowtown
33 Buckingham St, Arrowtown, Queenstown Lakes
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You're invited to attend a presentation in Arrowtown with guest speakers, Professor Tim Anderson & Dr Tracy Melzer (Please attend this repeat event if you are unable to make it to our morning presentation in Queenstown). As part of our Brain Awareness Month series, this is an opportunity to learn more about the many wonders and marvels of the human brain.
Professor Tim Anderson, Clinical Director of the New Zealand Brain Research Institution (NZBRI) will discuss research developments within in Parkinson’s disease, one of the fastest growing neurological disorders worldwide. The New Zealand Brain Research Institute has estimated that 1% of New Zealanders over 60 years of age have Parkinson’s with some 10,000 people affected and this figure will double by 2040.
Dr Tracy Melzer, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) Research Manager at the New Zealand Brain Research Institution will discuss his exciting research including the role he has in the longitudinal Parkinson’s disease study and what the future holds for this study and for neuroimaging.
Parking is available onsite, but it is on a first come, first serve basis.
Tickets are free, but registration is required to ensure you reserve a seat.
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