Brain Awareness Week

Brain Awareness Week Grantee Interview: Adejoke Elizabeth Memudu, Ph.D.

In Edo State, Nigeria, Dr. Memudu and colleagues scheduled some Brain Awareness events in a cascade: starting the discussion on a radio show in the morning and ending with an in-person discussion in the evening.

Brain Awareness Week Grantee Interview: Kristofer Rau, Ph.D.

"There is a place for everyone in neuroscience," says Kristofer Rau, Ph.D. He and his colleagues at Virginia Tech always participate in Brain Awareness Week, as well as outreach events year-round.

Join Us for Brain Awareness Week!

Dana Foundation President Caroline Montojo, Ph.D., invites you to participate in Brain Awareness Week events near to you and online all over the world.

Brain Awareness Week Goes Virtual in 2021

Brain Awareness Week (BAW), for the 26th year, was a success! The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges this year, but despite the obstacles, partners organized events in 45 countries and 32 states.

Why Do You Participate in Brain Awareness Week? With Roland Pochet, Ph.D.

Belgian neuroscientist Roland Pochet is a Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives member who was awarded the Dana/EDAB Special Lifetime Achievement Award for Outreach on Behalf of Brain Research at the 2018 FENS Forum. He has participated in #BrainWeek for more than 20 years, organizing events around the country, including the European Parliament.

Why Do You Participate in Brain Awareness Week? With Gwladys Temkou Ngoupaye, Ph.D.

Gwladys Temkou Ngoupaye, Ph.D., shares a personal story of convincing a reluctant secondary school manager to let the Cameroon Association for Neuroscience teach students about drug addiction, and the positive response she and her colleagues received afterwards.

Why Do You Participate in Brain Awareness Week? With Eric Chudler, Ph.D.

A #Brainweek partner for 25 years, Eric Chudler, Ph.D., discusses the camaraderie he feels with his colleagues and the rewarding experience of seeing young kids’ fascination with the brain grow.

Why Do You Participate in Brain Awareness Week? With Chrystalina Antoniades

It’s the personal connections! And through those connections, an opportunity for participating scientists to rethink how they approach their research.

Brain Awareness Week Favorite Puzzles

Dana Alliance Members’ Views: Grega Repovš

Grega Repovš is the Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology in the Mind Brain Lab, Department of Psychology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is a committee member and past president of SiNAPSA (Slovenian Neuroscience Association). Professor Repovš was named a FENS-KAVLI Scholar 2014-2018. Your research focuses on cognitive processes and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying working […]