Dr Meghan McIlwain, Clinical Research Manager
President, The New Zealand Association of Clinical Research,
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
Bench Side Story continues with a Clinical Research Manager, and President of New Zealand Association of Clinical Research based in Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
Dr Meghan McIlwain is a Clinical Research Manager, the President of the New Zealand Association of Clinical Research, a pharmacist and a guest lecturer at the University of Auckland School of Pharmacy. Through her career she’s been a hospital pharmacist, a community pharmacist, a postgraduate student, a postdoctoral researcher, a lecturer and an independent research consultant. Her PhD in is Pharmacy; specifically neuropsychopharmacology.
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CASE STUDY High blood pressure and shorter sleep may worsen brain decline
People with high blood pressure who also lack sleep may be at increased risk of reduced cognitive performance and greater brain injury, Monash University research has found.
Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers assessed whether the combined effect of hypertension and short sleep duration had a negative impact on brain health.
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Post stroke brain recovery targeting blood flow and vessel health
Dr Daniel Beard is a Senior Lecturer and Group Leader of the Neurovascular Research Laboratory at the University of Newcastle, with a distinguished career in stroke research. Dr Beard completed his PhD in Human Physiology in 2015, uncovering the impact of intracranial pressure on collateral vessel failure. He has held prestigious research and teaching roles at the University of Oxford and Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, contributing to international collaborations on neurovascular protection. His research has been supported by competitive grants, including an NHMRC Ideas Grant, and he has received numerous awards for innovation, research excellence and teaching excellence.
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Dr James Pang
DR JAMES PANG, RESEARCH FELLOW
TURNER INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MENTAL HEALTH, MONASH UNIVERSITY
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
