NISAN from 2014 to 2020

NISAN staff have achieved a number of accolades from 2014 through to 2020.

2019

AUT Research Excellence Awards

In October, Valery Feigin won the 2019 AUT Research Excellence Award in the category “Research Impact”.

Best poster award

Ann George (PhD student) won the Best Poster Award at the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference, June 2019.

Women in Neuroscience

Susan Mahon was invited by the Neurolgical Foundation to speak on "Women in neuroscience", on International Women's Day 2019. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7Lq4CIiFs&t=637s

2018

Brain Research New Zealand Annual Report 2018

The BRNZ 2018 annual report contains some interesting interviews with Rita Krishnamurthi and Valery Feigin.

Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for Alice Theadom

In October 2018, Associate Professor Alice Theadom was awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, for research entitled: Developing a biopsychosocial model of mild traumatic brain injury. Royal Society Te Apārangi manages the fellowships programme on behalf of government. For more information, see: https://royalsociety.org.nz/news/2018-rutherford-discovery-fellowships-to-accelerate-research-careers-announced

Graduation 2018

In August 2018, 3 NISAN students (Bronwyn, Sue and Halina) graduated.

From left to right, Rita Krishnmaurthi, Bronwyn Tunnage, Susan Mahon, Halina Kaliga, Alice Theadom

Prizes and Awards

Valery Feigin wins SSA award - 2018

In August 2018, Valery Feigin received the 2018 Stroke Society of Australasia SSA Excellence in Stroke Award, in recognition of his contribution to the field of stroke.

Valery Feigin wins Royal Society of New Zealand MacDiarmid Award - 2014

Professor Valery Feigin was awarded the MacDiarmid Medal for his research into understanding stroke epidemiology worldwide and the development of a mobile app that can help people assess their stroke risk.  
Image courtesy of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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Valery Feigin wins WSO President's award - 2014

NZ Herald - Prof. Valery Feigin received the prestigious World Stroke Organization President's Award for Contributions to Clinical Stroke Research at the 9th World Stroke Congress, October 22-25, 2014, in Istanbul, Turkey. The international award was in recognition of his contribution to stroke research.
Photo:  Prof. Ralph Sacco, Prof. Valery Feigin, Dr Shanthi Mendi, Prof. Stephen Davis, Prof. Vladimir Hachinski. Image courtesy of the World Stroke Organization.