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BRF’s 2022 Discovery Event with the Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs Community Service Awardee Martin Nesbitt and a panel discussion on restoring movement and touch to paralysis patients. Brain Research Foundation was founded and merged as a non-profit organization in 1953 by three neurologists: Dr. F...
A panel at The BRF discusses a clinical trial that will not only help people with paralysis but also possibly those with strokes or ALS. The intention is to expand the fundamental comprehension of the brain and its functioning. This clinical trial encompasses testing people with paralysis using a...
The brain controls everything we do and think, and we’re only starting to understand how it works. While neurological research may not be as exciting as cutting-edge smartphone technology, it’s absolutely vital to the pursuit of knowledge and treating diseases such as Alzheimer’...
In the process, Jameson learned a lot about the condition and realized a need for more available information. “I really started to dig in and learn about dementia and thought nobody is really telling this story the way I think it needs to be told,” said Jameson, who now serves as the ...
Her team published studies in the early 2000s showing that intranasal delivery of GDNF in rats with a Parkinson-like condition protected the dopamine-producing cells. Dr. Waszczak later refined her GDNF delivery method by partnering with a company that makes nanoparticles of the DNA that encodes ...
Early in his career, he created and led Physicians Preferred Health Inc., a Missouri-based PHO. Scott Serota is a founding member of the National Business Group on Health’s Institute on Healthcare Costs and Solutions. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board for the Brain Research Foundatio...
In the YouTube video, experts in mental health discuss how the pandemic has impacted children and adults. Two panelists met to discuss the pandemic’s effect on children’s mental health. Julie Carbray, a clinical professor of Psychiatry and Nursing at the University of Illinois, ...
Three expert panelists met to discuss the field of Autism being both their specialist areas and their passion. Then, they set out to examine current risk factors, research, and treatments. Dr. Ted Abel from the University of Iowa, a long-time member of the BRF review committee involved in reviewi...
Decline in Research Funding Threatens Future Scientific Advancement Early-stage or basic research: – the core of future – scientific advancement
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