Angela Kalantzis is the founder of the The Brain Injury Community (TBIC), a charity that provides support services to people affected by an acquired brain injury. She spoke at the Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative's (QBIC) Gold Coast Community Roadshow about her own lived experience with a brain injury.
Determined to honour her brother's life and help others battling Parkinson's, Lynda established the Ray Clarke Endowment Fund at QBI to support vital research.
As an electrophysiologist Dr. Margreet Ridder is pioneering a new wave of discovery science to understand the causes and progression of motor neurone disease (MND).
Aileen Hamilton generously bequeathed her Bulimba property to the Queensland Brain Institute, to further brain injury research, in honour of her son, Ronnie, who lived with an acquired brain injury.
Alison Carlisle claimed first prize in the annual scientific art competition for her work titled ‘Projections and trajectories’, which offers a detailed portrayal of neural stem cells in the hippocampus.
As a part of UQ’s Research and Innovation Week, the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) invited the community to QBI for an interactive presentation and panel discussion exploring memory.
In November 2024, the Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative (QBIC) held its annual symposium at the Atrium in Brisbane City, bringing together almost 100 researchers, health professionals, policymakers, and individuals living with brain injury.
In early November 2024, health professionals and community members from Toowoomba were invited to a brain injury showcase designed at improving care across the trajectory of acquired brain injury.
In October 2024, the Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative (QBIC), in partnership with the National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland (NIISQ), welcomed more than 100 health professionals and community members to the brain injury roadshow event in Cairns.
Associate Professor Steven Zuryn leads QBI's epigenetics and mitochondrial biology lab, which explores the role and impact of mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases. He is also one of the chief investigators in the new NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration – Alzheimer’s Disease
From increasing our brain’s resilience to stress to possible novel immunotherapy treatments for depression, Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists continue to lead the way in mental health advances.
