$40.1m in federal funding over four years will establish the Neale Daniher National MND Clinical Network, transforming MND research in Australia through collaboration, trials and world-class outcomes.

https://fightmnd.org.au/news/a-new-chapter-in-fight-against-mnd/

NeuRA has launched a new project led by Gamilaraay researcher Dr Chontel Gibson to co-design strengths-based health and aged care with Aboriginal Elders, embedding community voices into services and national guidelines, supported by $3.6m NHMRC grant.

Full story here: https://shorturl.at/s9tGr

NeuRA’s Transurban Road Safety Centre is Australia’s first research-dedicated crash test lab.

Our goal through this research is to dramatically reduce road-related deaths and keep Australia’s drivers, passengers, and motorcyclists safer on our roads. Transurban

#Research #Roadsafety

As dementia cases surge, calls are growing for a NSW Dementia Care Navigator Network to support people at diagnosis. New AIHW figures show 446,500 Australians are affected, including 30,000 under 65.

Read the full article here: https://tinyurl.com/36zmnuat

NeuRA’s February All-Staff Meeting kicked off another exciting year of research and discovery. CEO Matthew Kiernan celebrated team achievements and grants, Tim Regan shared plans for the Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct, and Prof James McAuley spotlighted Centre for Pain IMPACT work.

Autistic children may not have the typical communication strategies to explain how they feel. Researchers from NeuRA and UNSW have found that hair cortisol levels may complement behavioural assessments for determining the impact of chronic stress.

Read the paper here: https://tinyurl.com/mrcmk8xz

SBS recently spoke with NeuRA Conjoint Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Nikki-Anne Wilson about the cognitive effects of long-term smartphone use in Baby Boomers, a generation that did not grow up as digital natives.

You can read the full article here: https://tinyurl.com/3uvpdys9

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has shown promise as a safe and non-invasive treatment for chronic pain, and now #NeuRA researchers have outlined the next steps to achieve definitive evidence of clinical efficacy.
Sylvia Gustin
Full paper can be found here: https://shorturl.at/1xZ1a

A new clinical trial is aiming to tackle Parkinson’s disease by targeting the condition at its source through cell therapy with NeuRA’s Professor Carolyn Sue AM appointed as the study’s lead investigator at its Sydney site.

Read the study on our LinkedIn

#ParkinsonsDisease #NeuRA #Neuroscience

NeuRA's A/Prof Jasmine Menant has received a $2.8M grant from the Medical Research Future Fund for her StepSafe falls project.

“StepSafe is a falls prevention project for people with Parkinson’s disease that is using exergames in a cognitive-motor step training intervention,” A/Prof Menant said.

Chronic pain conditions such as CRPS have been thought to be driven by lasting changes in the brain’s sensory systems. But thanks to the work of NeuRA in conjunction with UNSW, that assumption may not be correct.

Read the full study here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejp.70202

A new online therapy approach developed by NeuRA's Professor Sylvia Gustin and Dr Nell Norman-Nott is helping people with chronic pain, and a new report is helping researchers develop the next step.

You can read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100638

New research from NeuRA, UNSW and University of Sydney (USYD) has revealed that Parkinson’s disease causes significant and progressive changes to blood vessels in the brain, changing our understanding of the disease, which may lead to new treatment methods.

Read the full article and paper here.

Researchers at NeuRA have found that repurposing a safe and affordable blood pressure medication may help prevent cancer-related cognitive impairment.

You can read the full article and study here.

The NeuRA Magazine’s Summer edition is on our website now.

In this edition:
- New treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

- Neura's new strategy tackling brain issues

- The centre of new schizophrenia research

Tap here to read these stories and more https://neura.edu.au/magazines/neura-magazine

NeuRA Post-Doctoral Fellow and Clinical Trials Manager, Dr Judith Walker, has been awarded the inaugural Mitochondria Foundation Travel and Collaboration Grant.

Dr Walker will represent Australia at the 15th MitoCon Conference in Pisa, Italy, advancing global mitochondrial disease research.

The Australian health span, the time we are mentally and physically fit, is now averaging 12 years shorter than our life span, and according to #NeuRA Senior Principal Research Scientist, Professor Kaarin Anstey, we need to rethink our brain health to help reshape our aging.

Full story below.