How to read, understand and write great medical research

By SharpBrains | August 23, 2021

These excel­lent tips are kind­ly shared by RK Shar­ma and HL Ogle, two med­ical stu­dents at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Exeter, aim­ing to clear up many of the inac­cu­rate assump­tions of how dif­fi­cult pub­lish­ing is and pro­vide a clear guide for stu­dents to begin their own writ­ing jour­neys. #1. Find your why: Evi­­dence-based med­i­cine means that…

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UT Dallas researcher secures $2.7m grant to better monitor and address TBI-related cognitive and functional deficits

By UT Dallas | January 18, 2017

Sci­en­tist Gets Grant for Study of Vet­er­ans with Trau­mat­ic Brain Injuries (UT Dal­las release): A researcher from the Cen­ter for Brain­Health at UT Dal­las has been award­ed a $2.7 mil­lion grant from the Depart­ment of Defense (DoD) under the Joint Warfight­er Med­ical Research Pro­gram. The grant, award­ed to Dr. Daniel Kraw­czyk, deputy direc­tor of the…

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Anticipating the Privacy and Informed Consent issues of the Neurotechnology Era

By Alvaro Fernandez | November 10, 2015

In con­junc­tion with the new Nation­al Geo­graph­ic pro­gram “Break­through: Decod­ing the Brain,” com­ing this Sun­day, Novem­ber 15, at 9 pm ET, I was asked to pro­vide my per­spec­tive on a very provoca­tive ques­tion: What if sci­en­tists were able to implant or erase mem­o­ries? For some, like those suf­fer­ing from PTSD this could be life-chang­ing, or do you…

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Update: Innovation to Upgrade Brain Care

By SharpBrains | July 28, 2010 |

Here you have the July edi­tion of our month­ly eNewslet ter cov­er­ing cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness top­ics. Please remem ber that you can sub­scribe to receive this free Brain Fit­ness eNewslet­ter by email, using the box in the right col­umn. Tech­nol­o­gy to upgrade brain care: In this exten­sive inter­view, Dr. John Docher­ty helps con­nect the…

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