Over $800,000 committed to neurological research across NZ

Get involved and demand to know what the strategy is to reduce stroke severity. Do they even have a strategy? This is way too important to leave to medical persons. Look at what they haven't accomplished in past years.
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PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release: 15 July 2013
Neurological Foundation Announces
July 2013 Grant Round Recipients
Over $800,000 committed to neurological research across New Zealand
The Neurological Foundation is pleased to announce that funding of $821,902 for neurological research, an educational fellowship and travel grants has been approved in its July 2013 grant round. The Neurological Foundation is the primary non-government sponsor of neurological research in New Zealand.
Neurological Foundation Executive Director Max Ritchie says “This grant round’s recipients continue to demonstrate the highly innovative thinking that enables New Zealand to remain at the leading edge of research into the understanding, prevention and treatment of neurological disorders. Furthermore, this innovation provides hope for the one in five New Zealanders across all age groups who will be diagnosed with a brain disorder in their lifetime.”
In addition to the seven project grants listed below, the Neurological Foundation V J Chapman Fellowship has been awarded to neurologist Dr Teddy Wu, the current chief resident for medicine at Auckland City Hospital. The Fellowship will enable Dr Wu to undertake his PhD at the University of Melbourne, furthering his stroke treatment research under the supervision of leading stroke authority Professor Steve Davis. Dr Wu will return to New Zealand after completion of his PhD.

Genetic profiling features in Professor Winston Byblow’s Parkinson’s disease research project “Falling off the curve: the link between impulsivity and dopamine” which will be carried out at the University of Auckland. Professor Byblow says “Through a combination of genotyping and behavioural measures, our project aims to predict Parkinson’s disease patients most at risk of developing impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling, hypersexuality and compulsive shopping as an adverse response to particular medication. Ultimately, this study aims to inform clinicians so they can provide an alternative, individualised treatment plan and remove the risk of the adverse response.”
Over $180,000 has been awarded to 2009 Neurological Foundation Repatriation Fellow Dr Andrew Clarkson so he can continue his headline-making stroke research at the University of Otago. Dr Clarkson will assess new drug compounds to see if they can be protective when given early after stroke and promote functional recovery when given at a delay.
All grant details follow.
The Neurological Foundation is an independent body and charitable trust and its funding has facilitated many of New Zealand’s top neuroscientists’ pioneering breakthroughs. Without the ongoing support of individual New Zealanders, the Foundation could not commit to progressing research to the high level that it does. The Neurological Foundation receives no government funding.
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Neurological Foundation research approved July 2013
Research grants totalling $821,902 were approved by the Neurological Foundation Council on 5 July 2013.