The latest news and updates from BrainPark. For more information, contact us at BrainPark@monash.edu
Recognition for the excellence and global impact of Prof Murat Yücel's research.
Prof Murat Yücel has been named quadruple back-to-back on the 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list.
For more information about this award, click here.
Dr Rico Lee will use our BrainPAC next-generation digital tools to determine the mechanisms driving addictive behaviours and improve treatment engagement and outcomes.
His funding comes as a multi-year fellowship through the Medical Research Future Fund.
For more information about the BrainPAC digital tools he will be utilising, click here.
BrainPark researchers released a news piece discussing unhealthy habits and how to avoid them.
To read the article, click here.
Dr Leonie Deuhlmeyer was recently interviewed by 3CR on their Brainwaves program.
Listen to the interview to find out more about this study which is testing whether exercise can reverse the effect that long-term cannabis use has on the brain.
To listen to the episode, click here.
If you are interested in participating in the study, please click here.
Dr Rebecca Segrave featured in a podcast with Dr. Tanya Cates from Fit Advisor.
To hear the episode and hear about BrainPark's work in exercise and mental wellness, please click here.
Watch BrainPark director, Professor Murat Yücel's presentation to the Royal Society of Victoria.
How do we utilise the latest knowledge in brain sciences to develop lifestyle and technology-based interventions?
Watch the highlights of the presentation here.
An NHMRC project grant to scale up the BrainPark Assessment of Cognition (BrainPAC) project to an international cohort of 10,000 people!
For more information about the grant awarded to Prof Murat Yücel, Dr Rico Lee and Dr Sam Chamberlain please click here, and for information specifically about the project, click here.
Over 200 people attended for an exclusive behind the scenes viewing, met the scientists, and tried the interventions out for themselves.
One of the most common questions being asked was "How can I get involved?".
If you are interested in participating in a research study at BrainPark, please click here for information about current projects.
The BrainPark launch garnered a significant amount of TV, radio and print media coverage.
It's great to see such a high level of media and community interest in the work that BrainPark will do.
BrainPark was featured on the major TV news bulletins (click on the channel name to watch the coverage):
Our Virtual Reality research was featured in print ABC news (click here to read) as well as in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald (click here to read).
BrainPark, the David W. Turner Research Clinic, was officially opened on Monday 10th September.
More than 100 leaders from academia, health care, industry and the community joined us to celebrate the launch of this transformational research facility.
The event featured: