Brain Awareness Week
Posted March 13, 1998
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
98-03-09-MED
Brain Awareness Week
Saskatoon SK, March 13, 1998 -- Saskatoon will join many other cities
across North America in celebrating Brain Awareness Week from March
16 - 22, 1998. Brain Awareness Week, which is part of an international
campaign to inform the public about the exciting strides being made in
unraveling the mysteries of the brain, will be hosted by the
Saskatchewan Neuroscience Network.
Researchers t the University of Saskatchewan will present public
lectures, make TV appearances, speak to service clubs, and host a brain
show at Innovation Place. Graduate students will visit several area
elementary and high schools to give presentations. These events will
educate the public on the wide-reaching impact of research on the brain,
will raise the public s awareness of just how prevalent brain-related
problems are in society, and will inform the public of the many advances
in brain research that are achievable within the next 5 years.
The provincial government and seven cities in the province, including the
city of Saskatoon, have all agreed to sign proclamations recognizing the
week of March 16 - 22, 1998 as Brain Awareness Week.
More information can be obtained by visiting Saskatchewan?s Brain
Awareness Week homepage (http://duke.usask.ca/~rondouc/BAW.html)
or by contacting:
Dr. Sergey Fedoroff
Saskatchewan Neuroscience Network
c/o Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Saskatchewan
107 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon SK S7N 5E5
(306) 966-4080
fedoroff@duke.usask.ca
