Hot Topics in Neuroscience featured 5 lectures in the second week of UCT Summer School. It was almost entirely sold out and with the most interesting, engaged audiences we could have hoped for - brains interested in learning about brains!
Dr Hayley Tomes reviewing the latest evidence for the use of mushrooms in the treatment of mental health disorders.
Dr Melike Fourie speaking on the 'Neuroscience of Forgiveness' (left) and A/Professor Sam Nightingale's lecture on 'Dementia - an overview and new directions' (right).
Ketamine has become a topic of much public interest for its potential therapeutic ability in treating depression. We wanted to give the public access to experts on this topic by running a panel discussion, where the latest evidence as well as the lived experiences of our invited panellists (psychologists Philippa Skowno and Jamie Elkon and psychiatrists Dr Carl Beuster and Dr Suntheren Pillay) were discussed.
Huge thanks to the Pippa Hudson show, from Cape Talk, for the interviews leading up to the event and for sharing in our nerdy excitement when it comes to all topics neuro.
The Pippa Hudson show website: https://www.radio-south-africa.co.za/podcasts/afternoons-with-pippa-hudson
NI Director, Professor Graham Fieggen, closed the week by introducing fellow neurosurgeon and NI member, Dr Byron De John who covered the what, the who and the 'where to' of strokes!
Dr Byron De John, transfixing our final audience with his talk, entitled: A Neurosurgeons perspective on acute stroke: the what, the who and the where to.
Hot Topics in Neuroscience featured 5 lectures in the second week of UCT Summer School. It was almost entirely sold out and with the most interesting, engaged audiences we could have hoped for - brains interested in learning about brains!
Dr Hayley Tomes reviewing the latest evidence for the use of mushrooms in the treatment of mental health disorders.
Dr Melike Fourie speaking on the 'Neuroscience of Forgiveness' (left) and A/Professor Sam Nightingale's lecture on 'Dementia - an overview and new directions' (right).
Ketamine has become a topic of much public interest for its potential therapeutic ability in treating depression. We wanted to give the public access to experts on this topic by running a panel discussion, where the latest evidence as well as the lived experiences of our invited panellists (psychologists Philippa Skowno and Jamie Elkon and psychiatrists Dr Carl Beuster and Dr Suntheren Pillay) were discussed.
Huge thanks to the Pippa Hudson show, from Cape Talk, for the interviews leading up to the event and for sharing in our nerdy excitement when it comes to all topics neuro.
The Pippa Hudson show website: https://www.radio-south-africa.co.za/podcasts/afternoons-with-pippa-hudson
NI Director, Professor Graham Fieggen, closed the week by introducing fellow neurosurgeon and NI member, Dr Byron De John who covered the what, the who and the 'where to' of strokes!
Dr Byron De John, transfixing our final audience with his talk, entitled: A Neurosurgeons perspective on acute stroke: the what, the who and the where to.