About us
The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) aims to unite people, services and research to discover how to improve brain health across the lifespan. We believe that more can be achieved by working together and welcome you to join our BHRI network. The diagram below illustrates the core research areas that our team currently focuses on.
Our aims
We aim to:
- Connect those affected, researchers, clinicians, service providers and policymakers
- Encourage new researchers and grow capacity in the field
- Stimulate new ideas and new ways of ‘doing’
- Prioritise research ‘that matters’ to patients and their whānau and services
- Provide evidence of what works to support consistent, high quality healthcare across New Zealand
- Facilitate translation of research findings into everyday life to make a difference
Join us
Become a Brain Health Research Institute member to receive updates on local and global activities, hear about recent research findings and current research participation opportunities and get connected to others working in the field or interested in helping to shape our research. We are keen to hear from people affected by brain health issues such as concussions/TBI, as well as clinicians, parents, community groups and stakeholders.
Connect with us
You can sign up to get our updates using the form below:
Research areas
Brain health can be impacted by things such as TBI and can affect people of all ages, and so our research includes people across the lifespan from birth until older age. Our work explores many areas of brain health, including injuries sustained in different settings like sport, work, everyday injuries, violence, falls, and motor vehicle accidents. It also extends to conditions such as epilepsy, as well as neuroimaging techniques such as MRI and EEG, wearable sensor technology, AI and NeuroTech, post-mortem analysis of brain tissue and neurodegeneration and the impact of physical activity on brain injury and recovery.
Ways to give
Every activity of the Brain Health Research Institute aims for better brain health and wellbeing. By giving to the Brain Health Research Institute, you can help us achieve this aim. We can work together better and deliver more effective research faster.
Code of Ethics for members
Members of the AUT Brain Health Research Institute must accept and comply with the network’s Code of Ethics, which sets out a standard of professional behaviour.