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SUMMARY:Special LMNN Seminar - Journey Round My Brain
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DESCRIPTION:Benjamin Stecher\, Independent Consultant/Speaker/Patient Adv
 ocate from Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada\n \nIn this talk Benjamin Stecher 
 takes the audience through his journey investigating the neurodegenerative
  disease research field from his own diagnosis up to the present day. Alon
 g the way he highlights the key lessons learned as he traveled the world\,
  going from one lab to the next\, learning from some of the best minds 
 in the field\, and covers some pitfalls in humanity’s attempts to tre
 at our degenerating brains. The talk is designed to challenge the audien
 ce to think critically about the intersection between biomedical science 
 and society and proposes ways to improve outcomes for those living with 
 neurodegenerative diseases.\n\nBio\n\nBenjamin Stecher was born in Nairobi
 \, Kenya but grew up just outside Toronto\, Canada. He studied history and
  philosophy at the University of Guelph\, but as soon as he graduated he t
 ook off and spent most of the next decade living and working in East Asia 
 as an education consultant.\nAll that changed when\, at 29 years old\, Ben
 jamin was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The promising future he had 
 been building towards suddenly faded and was replaced by a gloomy fog of u
 ncertainty and despair. As his disease progressed\, he realized that he ne
 eded to come back home to learn how to better manage his disease.\n\nBut\,
  as he started visiting labs and attending conferences\, he soon found him
 self enthralled by the rampant pace at which biomedical science has progre
 ssed in the 21st century. He spent the next couple of years traveling the 
 world visiting research centers and pharmaceutical companies to learn from
  the top minds in the field all that he could about this disease and what 
 therapies were on the horizon.\n\nHe now speaks regularly at academic cent
 ers and biotech companies on issues related to neurodegenerative diseases\
 , research advocacy and healthcare. He is also the founder of Tomorrow Edi
 tion (tmrwedition.com)\, and a patient advisor to several organizations in
 cluding the Toronto Western Hospital Movement Disorder Clinic and the Worl
 d Parkinson's Congress. Benjamin has also authored several peer-review pap
 ers and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Parkinson’s.\n\n
 https://epfl.zoom.us/j/969095339\n\n 
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