Professor Matthew Kiernan
Bushell Chair of Neurology
Professor of Medicine, Central Clinical School
Co-Director, Discovery and Translation, Brain and Mind Centre
NHMRC Practitioner Fellow
Neurologist, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
Watch Professor Matthew Kiernan talk about research in brain aging, dementia, neuro degeneration and motor neurone disease.
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