Proposed Centre for Brain Health in the Tropics

Financial worry has become a pervasive problem in Australia. Yet little is known about the effect of financial worries on people’s mental health and day-to-day decision making. To protect our community from the effects of financial worry, we ur...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on many stressors within our communities such as physical distancing, unemployment, underemployment, just to name a few. However, these stressors are resulting in a significant increase in the escalating global brain...

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Dear friends, Over the past six months, I have been sharing weekly messages of hope and empowerment based on science. My hope is that you are adopting some of these practical insights and tips to keep forward momentum in honing your brain skills. To...

The Tropical Brain and Mind Foundation has developed a proposal for an innovative Centre for Brain Health in the Tropics. This will be located within the TropiQ Precinct between Townsville University Hospital and JCU Health and Medicine.  Click ...

Results from a previous study show that healthy city program performance had significant static effects on negative emotion. This observation shows that healthy city programs decrease local residents’ negative emotions, such as stress and depre...

Dr Hani Mikhail’s groundbreaking Townsville-based research is paving the way for earlier and more accurate identification of mental health disorders in children – by reading their hair. His work is being supervised by JCU neuros...

A JCU research team led by Professors Zoltan Sarnyai and Robyn McDermott looked at the link between depression and diet on a Torres Strait island, where fast food is available, and on a more isolated island, which has no fast food outlets. Read more ...