HMRI Brain Neuromodulation Research Program
Brain Neuromodulation - Improving the treatment of neurological & neuropsychiatric disease in our community. @HMRIAustralia
Research Program at @Uni_Newcastle
- During Tinnitus Awareness Week, we recognise the impact tinnitus can have on wellbeing, productivity, and quality of life. Creating supportive environments—through flexibility, understanding, and access to resources—helps people living with tinnitus feel seen and supported. #TinnitusAwarenessWeek
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- The Brain Neuromodulation Research Program team would like to wish everyone a happy and safe festive season! We look forward to all that 2026 will bring!
- Building on last year’s success, program members Prof Michael Breakspear & Prof Zhiyong Chen have once again earned a place in the 2025 Stanford University/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists list. For the full story head to www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brain-neuromodulation-research-program
- At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month we pause to remember and honour the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who fought for our freedom. #LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
- A big thank you to those who came to participate in our first OCD Awareness Walk, to our volunteers for giving their time and to the organisers who brought together this important event in record time! Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
- It's OCD Awareness Week! #OCDweek is a worldwide event that serves to dispel myths about obsessive compulsive disorder, break the stigma around mental illness, and provide education about the disorder and how to support those affected. #TogetherAgainstOCD #OCDWeek
- Program members Dr Caroline Faucher & Dr Katharina Wellstein presented recently at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Research Seminar Series. www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b... Thank you to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
- We are thrilled to announce that Program member Dr Lizzie Manning @drlizziemanning.bsky.social has been awarded a 2025 BBRF Young Investigator Grant. Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
- The 2025 Kioloa Neuroscience Colloquium - researchers from a range of scientific disciplines came together to explore recent developments in neuroscience through plenary lectures, short talks, and a poster session. Read more here: www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
- Spinning around until you're dizzy? Fun. Spinning without control because of a vestibular disorder? Not so fun. @vestibularveda @hmriaustralia #BalanceAwarenessWeek #BAW2025 #vestibular #vestibulardisorder #BalanceAwareness
- Why is the Vestibular System so important? #BalanceAwarenessWeek #BAW2025 #vestibular #vestibulardisorder #BalanceAwareness
- Program member Renee Bevege has been awarded funding through the SBSP EMCR Strategic Support Initiative to support her travel to New York 5–19 August. Renee will attend a Proteomics training course at the prestigious Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Read more here www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai...
- Program member Dr Renate Thienel graduated with Master of Professional Psychology (Clinical Foundations) and Master of Clinical Psychology with Distinction last Wednesday, 16th July, as part of the 60 year University of Newcastle anniversary graduation ceremony. www.linkedin.com/posts/hmri-b...
- July 22 | World Brain Day Coming together to highlight the importance of brain health & its impact on individuals, families & communities worldwide. We asked some of our program members what their #1 tip is for a healthy brain? #WBD2025 #BrainHealthForAllAges Learn more: lnkd.in/gWJNuRTx
- Program member Professor Belinda Liddell has been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant under the Future Fellowships 2025 scheme (FT25) for her project "Understanding how forced separation disrupts wellbeing." Congratulations, Belinda, on this wonderful achievement! lnkd.in/en4m9MkK
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- Introducing | Mr Michael Waring Our featured member of the month is a Psychology Honours Student and Behaviour Support Practitioner To learn more about Michael, head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai...
- 26 May 2025 marks the 28th anniversary of the tabling of the Bringing them home report in the Australian Parliament in 1997 & commemorates Stolen Generations survivors. The theme for this year’s National Sorry Day is We cannot wait another generation. Learn more at healingfoundation.org.au
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- Schizophrenia Awareness Week | 18–24 May 2025 2025 Theme: “Rethink the Label: Reclaim the Story” Let’s move beyond stereotypes. Let’s make space for real stories. #SchizophreniaAwarenessWeek #RethinkTheLabel #ReclaimTheStory #LivedExperienceMatters #MentalHealthAwareness
- We’re delighted to congratulate program member Dr Ethan Cresswell on his recent appointment as Associate Lecturer. With his expertise in anatomy, Ethan will be making valuable contributions to teaching across several programs. Ethan will be based full-time at the UoN, Gosford Campus.
- Tourette Awareness Month was created by Tourettes Action UK to raise awareness of & destigmatise Tourette Syndrome. The theme for this years campaign is #Misunderstood To hear from individuals with lived experience of Tourette syndrome, check out this link. youtu.be/_Y8KOC863bs
- Program member Professor Michael Breakspear @drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025 Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇 pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
- ⭐ May NEUROMORSEL! ⭐ #brainbiobanking #neuromorsel #science #brainbites www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-hea...
- May 12th is the International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Chronic Immunological & Neurological Diseases (CIND). #MillionsMissing #MECFS
- New preprint! (not yet peer reviewed) Intermittent fasting attenuates CNS inflammaging - rebalancing the transposonome Mitchell J Cummins, Ethan T Cresswell, Doug W Smith Read: lnkd.in/gCy_h-3K #Neuroscience #CNS #ageing #neuroinflammation #inflammation #intermittentfasting
- Images from work by program member Hannah Drury & colleagues of the University of Newcastle have featured on the Biomedical Picture of the Day website lnkd.in/gPt3ig54 Unbalanced "A study of inner ear tissue from patients with Ménière's disease finds surviving hair cells remain functional"
- The @University of Newcastle joins universities across Australia on the first Tuesday in May each year to celebrate University Mental Health Day (UMHD). We would like to recognise the huge effort that many of our researchers put into teaching whilst also juggling their research commitments.
- RESEARCH UPDATE Check out what program member Brittany McCarthy who was supported by program funding is currently up to #research #science #researchers #neuroscience #pelvicpain #pain #optogenetics #seedfunding @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
- For those who celebrate, the Brain Neuromodulation Research Program team would like to wish you a safe & wonderful Easter break! We hope you enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation with family and friends.
- Program members Dr Alexander Thorpe and Professor Michael Breakspear @drbreaky.bsky.social presented today @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Weekly Research Seminar Series. Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations! #neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain
- James Parkinson FGS was an English surgeon best known for his 1817 work, 'An Essay on the Shaking Palsy', which contains the first clear clinical description of paralysis agitans, which we now refer to as Parkinson's disease. We mark his birthday every 11 April with #worldparkinsonsday
- Our first issue of Neuromodulation News for 2025 is here! Check out this jam-packed issue where we share and celebrate the good research news & achievements of our members & students Happy reading! @hmriaustralia.bsky.social sway.cloud.microsoft/8eN9C4vvIc68...
- ⭐ April NEUROMORSEL! ⭐ #deepbrainstimulation #DBS #neuromorsel #science #brainbites @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
- Following on from Professor Amy Brodtmann's seminar last week at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social here is an interesting article linked to this topic. Women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as men — but scientists do not know why | Nature Medicine rdcu.be/efUjh
- On Friday 28th March, @drbreaky.bsky.social & @newybrains.bsky.social hosted a Research Seminar featuring Professor Amy Brodtmann at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social Professor Brodtmann discussed “Preparing for dementia therapies: establishing a pragmatic multidisciplinary cognitive service.”
- April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month with World Parkinson’s Day recognised on 11 April yearly. Head to our LinkedIn page to read about how #Neuromodulation relates to this condition www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brain-neuromodulation-research-program #parkinsonsawarenessmonth #parkinsons
- #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek We asked student member Katrina Dwyer some questions on what being a member of the Neurodivergent community means to her. To read her responses please head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai... #NeurodiversityWeek #NCW #ThisIsND
- Meet Maple, a four-year old Golden Retriever therapy dog playing a key role in cutting-edge research aimed at reducing anxiety during MRI scans. @hmriaustralia.bsky.social @annabhlr.bsky.social @carolinefaucher.bsky.social Read more here ⬇️ hmri.org.au/news-and-sto...
- Program member Dr Tyler Brown @tjbrowne.bsky.social presenting in the poster session at the Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology for the Spinal cord formation, function, and beyond workshop, 11-14th March @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
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- We asked program members Dr Maria Kuznetsova & Dr Isabel Huey Sien Chew some questions about their research & its connection to Brain Awareness Week. To read their responses please head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai... #BrainAwarenessWeek #BAW2025 bsky.app/profile/dana...
- In celebration of #IWD2025, we are excited to introduce two of the outstanding women who are integral to our program. We asked them a few questions about their research - to read their responses, please head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai... #MarchForward #IWD2025
- The @hmriaustralia.bsky.social Brain Neuromodulation Research Program - Improving the treatment of neurological & neuropsychiatric disease in our community #neuromodulation #neuro #brain #STEM #womeninstem #neuroscience #research #brainscience
- Reposted by HMRI Brain Neuromodulation Research ProgramThis year marks the 30th anniversary of Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign dedicated to fostering public enthusiasm and support for brain science. Learn about the history of this annual event!
- We would like to introduce Hengning Xu, a program student member & PhD candidate in engineering. We asked Henry some questions to gain insight into his research & how this relates to #WorldEngineeringDay To read Henry's responses, please head to our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/in/hmri-brai...
- The theme of #WED2025 is "Unleashing the Power of Engineers to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)". lnkd.in/gGknTCPb This #WorldEngineeringDay, our program celebrates the fascinating & innovative research conducted by our medical & electrical engineering members.
- 🌟 Introducing our monthly NEUROMORSEL! 🌟 Ever come across terms like "deep brain stimulation" or "transcranial magnetic stimulation" and wondered what they really mean? You're in the right place! Stay tuned and get ready to expand your knowledge with our bite-sized explainers! 🧠
- Program member Dr Bryan Paton is speaking today in session two of the 2025 International Brain Tumour Research Summit @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
- So many of our program members here! Great shot!
- New group photo taken by the talented media team at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
