Events

Professor John McGrath
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Professor Thomas Burne

Professor Frank Bradke
German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Bonn, Germany

Host: Professor Barry Dickson

Join us for a free community information session and morning tea to meet other people living with brain injury, their carers and local experts.

Dr Melissa Sharpe
University of Sydney
NSW

Host: Professor Timothy Bredy

Supporting the Alastair Rushworth PhD Alzheimer’s Endowment Fund

Professor John McGrath, psychiatrist and conjoint Professor at the Queensland Brain Institute, will explore theories related to the origins of schizophrenia.

Professor Lior Appelbaum
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center
Bar Ilan University
Israel

Host: Dr Fabio Cortesi

Professor Matt Lambon-Ralph
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
University of Cambridge

Host: Professor Gail Robinson

Bringing together researchers, clinicians, advocates, and people with lived experience of stroke and traumatic brain injury.

Dr Amandeep Kaur
ARC DECRA Fellow in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Monash University
VIC

Host: Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan

This is a Dementia fundraiser event, supporting the Alastair Rushworth Alzheimer’s Research Fund to continue the work of the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research at QBI. In 2024, the QBI Lexus Spring High Tea will be hosted in the Marquee at the Victoria Park Golf Club. The afternoon includes a delicious High Tea with free-flowing French champagne

A free community information session and morning tea to meet other people living with brain injury, their carers, and local experts.

Professor Peter Nestor
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: TBD

Professor Peter Blair
Bristol Medical School
University of Bristol

Host: Professor Karent Thorpe

Join us for this interactive presentation by four QBI researchers studying memory.

The third National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) Patron's Annual Walk for Charity will once again take place in 2024. From 2019-2022, this event has raised over $765,000 in medical research and veteran support. The Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland and Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation (GMRF) have been the fortunate beneficiaries of these funds.

Be Inspired. Support critical brain research by giving now to QBI’s Brain Research Endowment Fund.

Dr Harrison Evans
New York University
USA

Host: Dr Pranesh Padmanabhan

Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Charlie Dodds

​Speaker: Professor Frederic Meunier
Queensland Brain Institute
University of Queensland

Host: Kye Kudo

The Queensland Brain Institute has a team for Bridge to Brisbane and we hope you’ll consider lacing up your runners to support QBI in either the 4.5km or 10km race, all whilst raising funds for QBI’s discovery research.

Dr Eleanor Drummond
University of Sydney
NSW

Host: Associate Professor Adam Walker

Professor Daan van Aalten
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Aarhus University
Denmark

Host: A/Prof Victor Anggono