Brain Awareness Week 2025

On Sunday 16 March 2025, join researchers from the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) for an engaging event at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Cannon Hill Park.

In celebration of Brain Awareness Week 2025, the CHBH team - alongside other academics and researchers from across the University -  will be showcasing its ground-breaking research and studies through a variety of public engagement activities, crafts and interactive sessions designed to spark curiosity about the brain.

This event is open to all ages and free to attend. No registration required, just drop in between 10am - 5pm and join our researchers in the MAC's Garden Studio. 

Event Programme:

• EEG demo: See the brain in action!
• Conversations with researchers about how brain activity relates to behaviour
• Learn about how we measure signals from the brain
• Create your own brain model from clay and other craft activities
• Interactive games to learn fun facts about the brain
• Plus, a showcase of the Library of the Brain

As well as the CHBH team, the following academics and research groups will also be on site:

• Looking into the Brain of a Fly to Understand Our Own - Birmingham Drosophila Labs (UoB School of Biosciences and College of Medicine and Health)
• Medical Neuroscience: Neurodegeneration, Brain Trauma, Tumors & Trials - Department of Inflammation and Aging (University Hospital Birmingham)