Fogarty celebrates decade of brain disorders program

Feb 2014 10th Anniversary Brain Disorders Symposium

• Recorded webcast of day 1 - all sessions
• Recorded webcast of day 2 - all sessions

  About the Feb 2014 10th Anniversary Brain Disorders in the Developing World Symposium

Focus on Brain Disorders

• Overview of Brain Disorders
• Cassava root causes cognitive damage in Congolese villages
• Education may curb epilepsy linked to pig parasite in Burkina Faso
• Fogarty-supported researchers spur Alzheimer's research in Colombia
• Alzheimer's gene protects cognition in Brazilian slums
• Studies in Vietnam show early intervention is critical for disabled children

Fogarty and its NIH partners marked a decade of support for brain disorders research and training in developing countries at a three-day symposium on the NIH campus from Feb. 11-13, 2014. The meeting, "Frontiers in Neuroscience for Global Health," focused on the accomplishments of grantees funded through Fogarty's Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan program . The agenda also featured lessons in research capacity building.

Attendees shared insights on a wide range of topics, including the influence of environmental pollutants and toxins, infectious diseases, trauma and injury, genetics, nutrition and ways to address disorders and deficits with interventions and rehabilitation across the lifespan. The grantees discussed ways to address gaps in the current research portfolio, as well as new directions and opportunities for neuroscience in low- and middle-income countries.

More Information

• Access recorded webcasts of day 1 - all sessions and day 2 - all sessions of the February 2014 brain disorders symposium from NIH VideoCasting.
• Learn more about Fogarty's Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan program .

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