Publication overview

Research center

University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

University of Sydney

About the center

The University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute is the home of multiple research laboratories and research clinics focusing on various brain and mind disorders, including Prof. Kiernan’s ForeFront Multidisciplinary Motor Neurone Disease Research Clinic. The ForeFront research clinic is investigating all aspects of motor neurone disease from changes in cognitive function through to nerve excitability and biomarker and brain banking with the aim of discovering better diagnostic methods, reducing the burden of disease and ultimately discovering a cure.

Macquarie University, the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute and the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Australia (MND Australia) are partners in Project MinE. Australia has a strong track record of participation in international MND/ALS genetic studies. MND Australia believes that involvement in Project MinE is an important step forward in the global fight to better understand the genetic causes of sporadic MND/ALS.

Matthew Kiernan

Professor of Neurology and Principle Investigator

University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute

Matthew Kiernan

Professor of Neurology and Principle Investigator

Professor Matthew Kiernan is the Bushell Chair of Neurology at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute and a Professor of Neurology and staff specialist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Prof. Kiernan and his research team have established methods to investigate and diagnose neurological disease, the latter particularly in relation to motor neurone disease (MND). He leads the ForeFront Motor Neurone Disease Research Clinic at the University of Sydney. Prof. Kiernan is also the Chairman of the Motor Neurone Disease Australia Research Committee, the Vice President of the Australian Brain Foundation and the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.