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International Partnerships
Dalhousie BRC and Ben Gurion University of the Negev
TBI Research Partnership
In 2017 the BRC received funding from the Department of Labour and Advanced Education to develop a business model to include the provision of continuing and individualized care to brain injured patients while combining with research/investigation and delivery of support through a collaborative care model. This model is based on the development of a patient-centric, inter-disciplinary and collaborative research effort that aims to improve prevention policies for all Nova Scotians and clinical outcomes for TBI survivors.
The Brain Repair Centre welcomes you to learn more about this partnership by downloading the digital version of the business plan. Click on the cover image to learn more about the proposed model concept, which promotes patient driven research projects, and exploits and capitalizes on existing talent and facilities to bring the concept of a living laboratory to the fore.
Mini-symposium on Brain Injury
presented by Alon Friedman, BRC Lead, Traumatic Brain Injury Cluster
June 16th 2016 , 9am - 4pm, at Brain Repair Centre
AM session: Brain Injury Research
Opening Remarks by Dr Gerry Johnson, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine
with special guest speakers
- Ramon Diaz-Arrastia - USUHS (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), Washington DC (Neurology) BIO Endophentypes in Brain Injury: Why and how to continue?
- Jens Dreier, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, (Neurology) BIO - In Search for biomarkers: from bed to bench and back
- Paul Jahnke, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, (Neuroradiology) - Imaging approaches in biomarker research
- Svetlana Lubinski - Ben-Gurion & Boston Universities - MRI tools for biomarker research
- Steve Patterson - Dalhousie University - Application of machine learning to the detection of mTBI with MEG
PM session: Maritime Perspectives & Challenges
Opening remarks by Martha Crago, VP Research
An update on the Acquired Brain Injury Provincial Strategy by Dept of Health & Wellness (TBD)
A brief presentation on Peter's Place, a NS rehab facility, by Leona Burkey - Executive Director, BIANS
Presentation by Dr. Gabriela Ilie (BIO): “Traumatic Brain Injuries - long-term impact of TBI on patients and society.”
Kick-off meeting for the Development of a Business Case for Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Treatment Centre
- Background & Overview – Ken Nason & Peter Covert
- Business Plan Development – Diana Nichols Nelson
Finishing with a Panel Discussion, moderated by Patricia Conrad, Halifax Global
*Draft Agenda here - subject to change