Research Days
These one-day events are held on a quarterly basis. The Brain Research Centre and our co-sponsors cover all expenses. There is no charge for registration.
Not "Just a Concussion" - The BRC presents a Research Day on Traumatic Brain Injury
Sidney Crosby’s hockey career hangs in the balance as he strives to make a comeback from the January concussion that made him a living symbol of the tremendous personal costs of traumatic brain injury.
Loss of livelihood. Poor memory and concentration. Inability to problem solve. Outbursts of rage. Between contact sports and explosive devices common in modern warfare alone, millions of people face, or will encounter these challenges, born of brain damage caused by blasts or blows to the head.
On September 24 from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Life Sciences Centre at UBC, the Brain Research Centre will host a Research Day dedicated to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Join us for a fascinating immersion in recent findings on TBI, potential treatment strategies, and prevention.
Highlights include keynote speaker Ann McKee, a neuropathologist from Boston University who will speak on the major consequences of mild TBI – a degenerative condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, as well as presentations by BRC-affiliated faculty and Darrin Richards an international expert on injury biomechanics.
Presentations will cover a range of topics, including basic science pointing to therapies in spinal cord injury and TBI, connections between TBI and dementia, and new imaging techniques that reveal the full extent of brain damage in concussion.
Research Day on Traumatic Brain Injury
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Time: 8 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Life Sciences Centre (Lecture Theatre #3), 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC Campus
Entry is via the west doors only.
