UMPI Club Hosts Brain Awareness Week Celebration

The University of Maine at Presque Isle's Biomedical Club is celebrating International Brain Awareness Week [BAW] in March with “Neuroscience and a Movie.” 

The “Neuroscience and a Movie” event takes place on March 24 from 6-9 p.m. in the UMPI Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room. The club will be showing the Academy Award-winning movie Still Alice, which focuses on a woman’s progression into early onset Alzheimer’s disease. After the movie, there will be a panel to help answer questions on the clinical treatments and basic science of Alzheimer’s disease. This movie is rated PG-13.

Dr. Scott Dobrin, event organizer and UMPI Assistant Professor of Biology, said, “We wanted to provide an opportunity to community members of all ages to learn about the brain and nervous system.”

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research, according to the official BAW website. During BAW, held in March, campaign partners organize creative and innovative activities in their communities to educate and excite people of all ages about the brain and brain research.

For more information about these events, contact Dr. Dobrin at scott.dobrin@maine.edu. To learn more about International Brain Awareness Week, visit http://www.dana.org/BAW/.

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