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Wagga: Motor Neurone Disease Surveillance Study

  • Health Service Hub Lecture Theatre Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (Entry via Docker Street or carpark)  (map)

Why is Motor Neurone Disease (MND) more common in the Riverina? What are the environmental triggers causing the disease? 

In the past 30 years the number of deaths caused by MND had surged by more than 250 percent in Australia. Join us as we delve into the latest research from the Macquarie University MND Research Centre and learn about the establishment of the NSW MND Surveillance Unit. 

Speaker:
Prof Dominic Rowe , Professor of Neurology (Macquarie Medical School) 

Host:
A/Prof Martin Jude 

Enquiries: (02) 9812 3720, Carol Lee, c.lee@mq.edu.au 

Light refreshments will be provided.