Brain boost: why we need to know more about brains, brain health and brain science

Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

This week is Brain Awareness Week and researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) are joining the global campaign to increase public understanding of our beautiful brains, the conditions that affect them and the research into conditions that affect the brain and nervous system.

NeuRA’s Chief Executive Officer and Institute Director, Professor Matthew Kiernan, AM, is also President of the Brain Foundation. Professor Kiernan is a distinguished clinical academic and scientist renowned for his expertise in neurodegenerative diseases, particularly motor neuron disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Prof Kiernan and other researchers are

/Public Release.