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Brain Injury Australia

Locality: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 1800 272 461

Address: Hodson Building, Royal Rehab, 241 Morrison Road 2112 Ryde, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au/

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20.01.2022 Early Bird registration for BRAIN INJURY AUSTRALIA’S 7TH NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE closes today. Register before midnight tonight Thursday 26th September and save $100.00! Early Bird registration includes the 2-day conference program, an Australian film premiere, lunches, morning teas and afternoon teas for only $495.00. ... Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th October 2019 Melbourne School of Design The University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria The Conference features 50 leading international and local experts in brain injury, representing the strongest program content in the Conference’s seven years. Visit www.braininjuryconference.com.au to view the full speaker line-up, Conference program, event information and more. Register now and save $100.00 - https://braininjuryconference.com.au/register/ #braininjuryconference19

18.01.2022 The Centre for Inclusive Design - "a centre of excellence...that considers the full range of human diversity, including ability, language, culture, gender, age and other forms of human difference, as part of the design process" - is looking for people to provide feedback on a project. They are working on a new easy-to-read banking guide to help people with difficulty reading. This will take place in early-mid September. It will take one hour. Participants will receive a $50....00 gift card. If you would like to take part, please follow the link below for more information. https://bit.ly/3lofgFO If you have any questions, feel free to contact Sam at [email protected], or phone (02) 8378 5014. See more

16.01.2022 The New York Times, 26th September - "THE CONCUSSION CRISIS IN AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL - It’s a brutal game, and retired players are suffering the consequences of hits to the head. But the league there is following a familiar playbook, one used by the National Football League" "...Retired players from the Australian Football League, which will hold its Grand Final [last] Saturday, are coming forward with horrific tales of cognitive deterioration in what should still be the ...prime of their lives. At the same time, the league in which they endured so much damage is attempting to avoid culpability by playing down any link between head hits and brain trauma even as it tries to make the game safer by changing the rules of the sport and adding concussion protocols..." Read more at; https://www.nytimes.com//spo/afl-football-concussions.html

12.01.2022 THE CALL FOR PAPERS FOR BRAIN INJURY AUSTRALIA’S 8TH NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE IS OPEN! Brain Injury Australia invites people with a brain injury, their family members, researchers, clinicians, allied health professionals, service providers and policymakers to submit presentation proposals. For the first time, the Conference will include concurrent sessions. So, please feel free to submit multiple presentation proposals. The call will close at 5 p.m. on Friday 7th Aug...ust 2020. Go to; https://braininjuryconference.com.au/call-for-papers-2020/ And PLEASE share this post far and wide! Thanks. See more

11.01.2022 "IN CANADA, OVER 200,000 WOMEN WILL EXPERIENCE A SEVERE VIOLENT EPISODE AT THE HANDS OF A PARTNER EACH YEAR...AS MANY AS 90% REPORT SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH CONCUSSION." - CO-FOUNDERS OF SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF ABUSE AND BRAIN INJURY THROUGH RESEARCH (SOAR) TO SPEAK AT 7TH NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE Paul van Donkelaar is a Professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Karen Mason is Executive Director of Kelowna Women’s S...helter in British Columbia, Canada. "...In 2016, they launched their project Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) a collaboration between the University of British Columbia and Kelowna Women’s Shelter. In June 2019, they received a US$1m grant from the Canadian government’s department for Women and Gender Equality, to continue the research for another five years..." - https://www.nrtimes.co.uk/when-science-and-social-impact-g/ Register now to hear them speak, for the first time in Australia, at Brain Injury Australia's 7th National Brain Injury Conference - to be held, in partnership with the Melbourne Disability Institute, at the Melbourne School of Design on The University of Melbourne's campus in Parkville on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th October. Discounted registrations are available for people with a disability, carers or family members and group bookings of 5 or more. Day only registrations are also available at; www.braininjuryconference.com.au

10.01.2022 "The death of Skyhooks founding member from a ‘stupid’ ladder fall has highlighted the need for a national campaign about the dangers of using ladders...Brain Injury Australia EO Nick Rushworth said ladder manufacturers, or even hardware chains, should fund a campaign to prevent injuries and deaths. https://www.news.com.au///2d78c5ebe5a9f73ccc7bf7aac3f966fe "...Brain Injury Australia represents more than 700,000 people living with brain injury. 'Falls are now the leading cause of traumatic brain injury throughout the developed world,' Mr Rushworth told NCA NewsWire. 'And rates of hip fracture in older people due to falls are going down, while head injuries are going up. A key factor in that change is due to falls from ladders.'

08.01.2022 7TH NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED Featuring 46 of the leading international and local clinicians and researchers in brain injury as well as speakers with a range of lived experience of the disability, Brain Injury Australia releases the program for its 7th National Brain Injury Conference. Featured speakers include: ... Emeritus Professor John Corrigan from the Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation; Professor Paul van Donkelaar from the University of British Columbia; The Honorable Judge Eugene Hyman from Superior Court of California County of Santa Clara; Karen Mason, Executive Director of the Kelowna Women’s Shelter in Canada; Professor Jennie Ponsford AO, Director of the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre; Professor Vicki Anderson from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Professor Peter Schofield from the University of Newcastle; Professor Melinda Fitzgerald, the Leader of the "Mission for Traumatic Brain Injury"; and Professor Bruce Bonyhady AO from The Melbourne Disability Institute. View the conference program: www.braininjuryconference.com.au/conference-program For the full speaker line-up visit: www.braininjuryconference.com.au/speakers The 7th National Brain Injury Conference will be held - in partnership with the Melbourne Disability Institute - at the Melbourne School of Design on The University of Melbourne's Parkville campus on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th October, 2019. Register now at: https://braininjuryconference.com.au/register/ #braininjuryconference19

06.01.2022 "WE JUST DON'T SEE BRAIN INJURY..." - KATE CHANNER ON ABC NEWS 2019's Brain Injury Awareness Week (August 19th-25th) is devoted to brain tumour - when abnormal cells grow and form a mass or lump. A brain tumour may be cancerous (malignant) or not (benign). While two-thirds of brain tumours are benign, they result in the deaths of around 300 Australians each year. After returning home to Brisbane from her dream holiday in Europe, doctors found a benign tumour at the ...centre of 24 year-old Kate Channer’s brain. Because the tumour was blocking the flow of vital cerebro-spinal fluid around her brain, a drain to her stomach known as a shunt was inserted to relieve the pressure building inside Kate’s skull. 8 years on, and after 9 neurosurgical procedures, this shunt like the 2 before it is failing. With the understanding of her healthcare professionals and the acceptance of her family, Kate has decided against further surgery. Kate will be guest of honour at the "Unity in Hope Fundraising Concert" for Brain Injury Australia - at the Bethania Community Centre, 88-118 Station Road, Bethania, Brisbane on Saturday August 31st between noon and 5 p.m. Find out more about the Concert, https://www.facebook.com/events/1313147268825905/

04.01.2022 Every year in Australia more than 3,000 people are hospitalised after being concussed, just from playing sport. Triple that number won’t seek medical attention. The 7th National Brain Injury Conference has convened an expert discussion panel on concussion and "mild" traumatic brain injury. The panel will feature the latest academic and medical research from: Professor John Corrigan, Director of the The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Professor Vicki Anderson Head... of Psychology at the The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne and President of the International Neuropsychological Society Professor Gary Browne, Medical Director of the Kids Concussion Service at The Children's Hospital at Westmead Associate Professor Michael Buckland, Director of the Australian Sports Brain Bank The panel will also feature the unique personal insight of 17 year-old Ethan Cheesewright, who was forced to abandon his dreams of playing in the Australian Football League (AFL) after sustaining 4 concussions in 18 months. To hear this expert panel, register now for the 7th National Brain Injury Conference Limited tickets available. To see the full speaker line up, conference program and to register visit: https://braininjuryconference.com.au/register/ #braininjuryconference19

04.01.2022 7th NATIONAL BRAIN INJURY CONFERENCE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT ‘Domestic and Family Violence and Brain Injury’ International keynote speaker Emeritus Professor John Corrigan, The Ohio State University, who originally wrote about domestic and family violence and brain injury in 2003 will be addressing the conference on the issue. ... Domestic and family violence and brain injury will be further explored by international keynote speakers Professor Paul van Donkelaar, University of British Columbia and Karen Mason, Executive Director of Kelowna Women's Shelter, British Columbia Canada who will be discussing ‘When Love Hurts: Exploring the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury.’ To see the full conference program and to register visit: https://braininjuryconference.com.au/conference-program/ #braininjuryconference19

01.01.2022 "DESPITE ALMOST DYING IN A MOTORBIKE CRASH, THE 'INVISIBLE' BRAIN INJURY WAS ALEX'S TOUGHEST BATTLE" "...Ms. Walker was riding her motorbike last December when a rope she was carrying came loose and got caught in the chain, causing her to crash..." "...But once her physical recovery progressed, another kind of injury emerged an injury her brother Sean described as 'invisible'. 'The physical injuries had subsided [but] she was still left in this really dark place,' he told t...he ABC." Find out more at; https://www.abc.net.au//alex-walker-motorcycle-ac/11445466