[bioundgrd] MIT BrainTrust Information Session

[MacKenzie Outlund]

> From: natalier at MIT.EDU
> Date: February 16, 2007 1:33:53 PM EST
> Subject: MIT BrainTrust Information Session
>
>
> MIT BrainTrust
> "Uniting Neuroscience and Service Under One Dome"
>
> Tuesday, February 20th
> 8:30 PM at 4-251
> * Dinner will be served *
>
> Come to our information session to hear all about us and how you  
> can get
> involved!
>
> For more information, contact: braintrust-exec at mit.edu
>
> MIT BrainTrust is a unique opportunity for students interested in
> neuroscience and neurology, pre-medical students, and anyone else  
> interested
> in community-service and supporting the local Boston-Cambridge  
> community of
> patients with brain tumors and related neurological disorders.
>
> The MIT BrainTrust is a student community service organization  
> conducting
> events for local patients with brain tumors, brain injuries,  
> strokes, and
> neurological disorders, and involved in raising awareness on campus  
> for
> these conditions. Our group works very closely with a local nonprofit
> organization, The Healing Exchange BRAIN TRUST (http:// 
> www.braintrust.org/),
> which has a long-standing relationship of over eight years with MIT  
> BrainTrust,
> working together with MIT students in forming student-patient  
> relationships
> with local brain tumor survivors (the "Buddies" program), community
> education, and face-to-face activities. Many of the students currently
> involved are pre-medical students and BrainTrust has served as an  
> invaluable
> experience to learn firsthand about the patient experience.
>
> Some of our activities include:
> 1) The MIT BrainTrust "Buddies" program - This program won the 2006  
> MIT
> Student Leadership Award for Best New Service Project. We've done  
> fun things
> like sailing, movies, museum trips, and concerts.
> 2) Design of innovative technologies for online patient support groups
> 3) Increasing awareness about brain tumors and related conditions  
> in the MIT
> community.
> 4) Members of the group also attend national American Brain Tumor
> Association patient conferences, where they meet patients from  
> across the
> nation and learn more about the importance of support groups as  
> part of the
> healing process.

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