My Jennie Thomas Travelling Scholarship Experience
Using my Jennie Thomas travel grant, I went to the BACH Lab at the University of Pittsburgh to work
with one of the project co-investigator, Prof. Kirk Erickson, and his team.
There I spent a lot of time analysing functional and structural brain MRIs of
research participants who had undergone aerobic exercise interventions.
I also went to the United Kingdom to attend the UK Stroke Forum, Later Life Training
conference, and a Research Methods course at the University of Birmingham
Clinical Trials Unit.
The grant also allowed me to attend the 2016 Asia Pacific Stroke Conference in Brisbane and
the 2016 SmartStrokes Conference in Canberra to present the protocol paper for
my trial.