Qatar- Neuroscientists to speak at QBRI meet

Date

12/16/2015 9:51:46 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QBRI is going to host a major symposium on neuroscience.

DOHA: The Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) one of Hamad bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) three specialised national research institutes is hosting the IBRO-MENA-QBRI Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

Held in collaboration with the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) a union of neuroscience organisations that aim to promote and support neuroscience training and collaborative research around the world the event speakers and panelists will this year concentrate on the topics of autism neurode generation and epilepsy.

From Saturday to December 22 QBRI will host the IBRO-MENANeuroscience School an event that complements the Neuroscience Symposium that will bring clinicians and researchers to Qatar for a four-day study course ‘Epilepsy: From Pathophysiology to Diagnosis and Therapy.’ At the ‘School’ experts from QBRI Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar Hamad Medical Corporation and participants in the symposium will share insight and analysis on the latest research on epilepsy with students from across the MENA region.

This year’s speakers include a number of neuroscientists from the United States such as Bassel Abou Khalil Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center at Vanderbilt Heart Vascular Institute Sarah Jane Webb Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Seattle Children’s Research Institute at the University of Washington and Margaret Elizabeth Ross Nathan Cummings Professor in Neurology and Chair of the Neuroscience Graduate Program at Weill Cornell Medical College. Also presenting their research will be FaycelHentati Professor of Neurology and Head of Department at Mongi Ben Hamida National Institute of Neurology in Tunisia and Saeed Abdulla Boholega President of the Saudi Neurology Society and Professor at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.

Dr Hilal Lashuel Executive Director of QBRI and Chair of IBRO MENA said “QBRI is committed to do its part in establishing Qatar as an emerging centre for healthcare innovation in support of Qatar National Vision 2030. Events like the neuroscience symposium fuel community interest in the field and open doors for collaborative research.”

To coincide with the IBRO MENA symposium and school QBRI have been holding a Brain Awareness Week. Several events have been held at schools pre-school centers and at Villaggio Mall.

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