Brain health
Brain health is essential to a long and healthy life, yet millions worldwide suffer from conditions like stroke and dementia - numbers that will keep rising without action.
The impact is devastating - disability, premature death, and anguish for families. The George Institute’s Brain Health Program is tackling these issues to help people live better for longer.
Led by our top researchers, the Program unites experts across fields to develop solutions that prevent, treat, and manage brain-related diseases. With dementia care costing at $1.3 trillion annually, even small advances in prevention and treatment could deliver significant health and economic benefits.
The impact is devastating - disability, premature death, and anguish for families. The George Institute’s Brain Health Program is tackling these issues to help people live better for longer.
Led by our top researchers, the Program unites experts across fields to develop solutions that prevent, treat, and manage brain-related diseases. With dementia care costing at $1.3 trillion annually, even small advances in prevention and treatment could deliver significant health and economic benefits.
STATISTICS on brain HEALTH
- every 3seconds
someone in the world develops dementia
- US$1.3trillion
Global annual cost of dementia care
- US$1.5trillion
global annual cost of stroke care
- 1/3of cases
PREVENTABLE or delayed by modifying key risk factors
Driving progress for brain health research
The George Institute’s Brain Health Program focuses on understanding brain health, combining medicine with technology and social science, and driving innovation in care and recovery.
Through rigorous high quality research, together with with policy advocacy, we’re creating real-world impact for communities around the globe. With various global targeted initiatives, the program strives to address a number of objectives:
- Explore the key factors that contribute to brain health
- Bridge the gaps between medical, engineering, and social sciences
- Focus on prevention, effective treatments, and recovery strategies
- Drive innovation in technologies and therapies for brain health
- Leverage The George Institute’s expertise in advocacy, policy, and thought leadership to create meaningful change
Our Projects
Latest NEWS and MEDIA
News and media releases
The George Institute welcomes new international push to raise the bar in migraine
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Blood transfusions for brain bleeding: Large trial in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage patients adds to debate about optimal threshold
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Study finds high prevalence of hidden brain changes in people with heart disease
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Potassium-enriched salt is the missing ingredient in hypertension guidelines
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Large stroke trial finds intensive blood pressure lowering after clot removal worsens recovery
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Best evidence yet that lowering blood pressure can prevent dementia
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