Professor Terence O'Brien

Chair of Medicine (Neurology) and Head, Central Clinical School, Monash University; Program Director, Alfred Brain; Director, Neurology and Deputy Director of Research, Alfred Health; Honorary, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Grasping COVID-19’s long neurological tail

As parts of the world emerge from lockdown, psychiatrists and neurologists warn that we need to know more about the long-lasting neurological and neuropsychiatric impacts of COVID-19

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Health & Medicine

Taking the guesswork out of concussion

A simple blood test or scan could soon give a definitive all-clear for players struck in the head to return to the field

An exoskeleton.

Health & Medicine

Made Possible By Melbourne

A device smaller than a paperclip could one day help paralysed people move their limbs

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Health & Medicine

Moving with the power of thought

A device the size of a matchstick, implanted next to the brain’s motor cortex, could one day help paralysed people move their limbs

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