Research Programmes

We conduct research in the following areas.

The goals of NISAN and the themes of its research, are as follows:

Advancing knowledge in the field of health and rehabilitation, through high quality innovative research into living with a neurological condition
Trials of management and rehabilitation interventions, to test affordable and widely applicable treatment strategies to inform recovery
Population health research (e.g., epidemiological studies) and systematic reviews, to inform future clinical trials
Fostering collaborative public health and rehabilitation research into prevention, restoration and adaptation associated with neurological illness and injury
Exploring the impact of neurological disease (including TBI) and impairment on people and their family/whanau, in relation to their ability to participate in activities and roles that are important to them
Encouraging students to undertake research in population/community health and rehabilitation
Promoting and disseminating findings of population health and neurorehabilitation research at a national and international level
Developing and promoting professional and public brain injury/neuroscience education, including development and implementation of Public Health curricula