[Webinar] Access for All: Brain Wellness Beyond Traditional Approaches to Science and Care

Celebrate World Brain Day by joining the BC Brain Wellness Program and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health for a live session of presentations and panel discussion about how to expand research and brain health practices beyond traditional and Western models of science and care.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell

Dr. Silke Appel-Cresswell is a movement disorder neurologist and Associate Professor for Medicine/Neurology at the University of British Columbia. She holds the Marg Meikle Professorship for Research in Parkinson’s disease and directs the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre at UBC. Her research focusses on the role of the microbiome in Parkinson’s disease, and other brain disorders, nutrition and other lifestyle interventions as well as non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s. She is the founding director of the BC Brain Wellness Program and previously served as the president of the Canadian Movement Disorder Society and as the Director of the Canadian Residents Course for Movement Disorders.

Dr. Tanya Barretto

Tanya Barretto is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Neuroethics Canada and Project Lead for the Ethics arm of the Mend the Gap project. She uses her science background in regenerative medicine in neurotrauma models of spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury to drive the ethics and knowledge translation aspects of Mend the Gap at Neuroethics Canada.

Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos

Dr. Marissa Lithopoulos is a scientist and storyteller. As a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia, Marissa helps us understand how stem cells contribute to brain development and how we can harness this potential to treat conditions affecting the brain. She is the Co-Founder of Beaker Banter and Founder of Science, Stand-Up, & Song, initiatives that aim to bridge the gap between scientists and the public.