News and Events – May 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Heitger MH, Jones RD, Macleod AD, Snell DL, Frampton CM, Anderson TJ (in press). Impaired eye movements in postconcussion syndrome indicate sub-optimal brain function beyond the influence of depression, malingering or intellectual ability. Brain.
CONFERENCES
Sarah Wright attended the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting, held at the Christchurch Convention Centre, 18th – 21st May and presented the following poster:
Wright SL, MacAskill MR, Watts R, Melzer TR, Keenan R, Shankaranarayanan A, Alsop DC, Deavoll B, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Anderson TJ. Cerebral blood flow perfusion patterns in Alzheimer’s disease using MRI arterial spin labeling: an initial study.
GRANTS
Petra Hoggarth was awarded a New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women (Inc.) Conference Presentation Travel Award of $500 to assist with her attendance at the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design (Driving Assessment 2009) in Big Sky, Montana, USA.
Petra Hoggarth was awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand, Canterbury Branch Travel Award of $1000 to assist with her attendance at the 5th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design (Driving Assessment 2009) in Big Sky, Montana, USA.
PEOPLE AT VDVI
Jie Chen is undertaking a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering final year project under the supervision of Richard Jones and Phil Bones. Jie’s research is titled ‘Automated detection and classification of lapses in the laboratory’.