Directors
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Professor Richard Faull is the Director of the Centre for Brain Research and
a Professor of Anatomy at The University of Auckland. He has an international reputation
for his research studies on the normal and diseased human brain and has been awarded
New Zealand's highest scientific award, the Rutherford Medal. He is the Patron of
the Alzheimer's Foundation (Auckland), Alzheimers New Zealand Charitable Trust and
the Huntington's Disease Association (Auckland and Northland), and the Medical Patron
of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of New Zealand.
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Professor Alan Barber
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Professor Alan Barber is the Deputy-Director of the Centre for Brain Research and
a practising neurologist. He is the head of the Stroke Service at Auckland District Health Board and holds the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Chair in Clinical
Neurology. He is the Secretary for the Australia and New Zealand Association of
Neurologists and the Medical Advisor to the Stroke Foundation (Northern Region).
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Professor Thorne is an Associate Director of the Centre for Brain Research and
leads the Cochlear Physiology Laboratory within the Section of Audiology. |
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Professor Ian Kirk is an Associate Director of the Centre for Brain Research and
leads the Human Neuroscience Laboratory, based within the School of Psychology. |
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Advisory Board
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The Advisory Board shapes and guides the direction of the Centre for Brain Research.
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Chair, Professor John Fraser
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Professor John Fraser is the Dean of The University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. He is responsible for the overall strategic leadership, governance
and management of the faculty. He is a biochemist whose groundbreaking research
in molecular aspects of the immune response has led to new understandings of how
superantigens work.
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Deputy Chair, David Mace
FCANZ, FCIS, FHKSA
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David Mace is the Chairman of the Freemasons Roskill Foundation, a major philanthropic
organisation in New Zealand. He is a Chartered Accountant and has held numerous
managerial and directorial positions at the world’s largest accountancy firms, including
Ernst and Young.
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Freemasons Roskill Foundation
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Jo Brosnahan
QSO, MA Hons, FCILT, FNZIM
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Jo Brosnahan is the founding Chair of Leadership NZ, the Chair of Landcare
Research and a director on a number of boards. Prior to this, she was CEO of the
Auckland Regional Council for eight years. She is a Harkness Fellow, with an expertise
in leadership and strategy.
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Leadership NZ
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Wendy Fleming
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Wendy Fleming is a Registered Nurse and the Chair of Alzheimers New
Zealand Charitable Trust, responsible for raising funds for research into dementia. She is also the
Vice-Chair of Alzheimer's
Disease International as well as the past Chair and Honorary
Life Member of Alzheimers New Zealand.
Read more about Alzheimers New Zealand Charitable Trust
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Dr Richard Frith
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Dr Richard Frith is a neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist at ADHB. He is
Chair of the A+ Trust, the Charitable Trust associated with the Auckland District
Health Board (ADHB), and Chair of the Julius Brendel Trust. He is President-elect
of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists.
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Professor Grant Guilford
BVSc, BPhil
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Professor Grant Guilford is the Dean of the Faculty of Science at The University of Auckland.
Prior to this role he was Head of Massey University Institute of Natural Sciences
and formerly spent ten years as Head of the Institute of Veterinary, Animal and
Biomedical Sciences.
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Dr Di McCarthy
ONZM, FRSNZ
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Dr Di McCarthy is the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand, responsible
for fostering science and technology nationally. Prior to taking up her current
role, she was a Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Equal Opportunities), and Associate
Dean of the Faculty of Science at The University of Auckland.
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Royal Society of New Zealand
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