Stroke

Professor Gail Robinson: building tools to help with brain disorders

Professor Gail Robinson is combining her in-depth understanding of neuroscience with her clinical work to take her findings from bench to bedside.

Stroke disrupts cognition and behaviour in nearly everyone who suffers one, affecting abilities such as talking, memory and vision.

Improving quality of life after stroke

Associate Professor Gail Robinson is passionate about rehabilitation after stroke, studying how stroke disrupts cognition and behaviour to improve quality of life.

Researchers at the University of Queensland have confirmed the existence of an elusive pathway in the brain that enables some blind people to detect and respond to visual stimuli they do not ‘see’.

Brain pathway that explains blindsight confirmed

Published on: 18 January 2019

A long-debated pathway in the brain that relays visual information directly to the amygdala, and bypasses the visual cortex, has been confirmed by new QBI research.

Stroke Breakfast

6 September 2018 7:15am–9:00am

in Breakfast Series

Join us for an informative breakfast session highlighting Stroke research at the Queensland Brain Institute.

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Podcast: Stroke – a mother and daughter's story

Guest host Zoe McDonald interviews her mother, stroke survivor and QBI stroke researcher Dr Lavinia Codd.

Steven Zuryn: mitochondria

Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellow, Dr Steven Zuryn discusses his research.

$5million was given to QBI by the The Brazil Family Foundation

$5m gift to fund clinical research into stroke and MND

Published on: 24 May 2017

A generous donation to QBI will assist in setting up clinical research into stroke and MND at QBI.

Australian Brain Bee Challenge

The $2.5 million Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds Dr Steven Zuryn's research into stroke-induced dementia at QBI

Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds research into stroke-induced dementia

Published on: 15 December 2015

The $2.5 million Stafford Fox Senior Research Fellowship funds Dr Steven Zuryn's research into stroke-induced dementia at QBI

Podcast: How I survived a stroke at 31

Dr Lavinia Codd survived a stroke at 31 and went on to become a stroke researcher.