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Coping with Brain Injury: Accepting Change
(HISG18: 08 December 2018 )
Dr. Huang Wanping is a principal clinical neuropsychologist and Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Currently, she is driving the development of a holistic Cognitive Rehabilitation programme at TTSH Rehabilitation Centre. She had previously worked at the Institute of Mental Health, Singapore, for 9 years. She was awarded the Health Manpower Development Program scholarship by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2008 to pursue a postgraduate degree in Clinical Neuropsychology, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her doctoral thesis investigated the “Impact of pre-injury factors on neuropsychological outcome in adults with severe traumatic brain injury: A cognitive reserve perspective.” Her interest lies in the area of cognitive profiling and cognitive rehabilitation to optimize neurocognitive functioning across the lifespan.
See the link to her presentation here.
Ottawa Hospital - Coping with Brain Injury
A guide for caregivers and family
A booklet with useful information to help you on your journey after your loved one has been discharged from the hospital.
Singapore TBI Stories
From TBI Survivors for TBI Survivors
August 4, 2019On 18 May, PTC System(S), an enterprise data management and solutions company sponsored the Broken Brains Head Injury Support Group booth at NNI Brain Awareness 2019 which focused on raising awareness of neurological conditions, such as Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, and Brain tumors. The...August 18, 2018This is story of a 22-year young man's road to recovery who didn't let a traumatic brain injury from a sports injury ruin his life plans. During the National Schools Judo Championships B Boys’ light weight (73kg and under) semi-final in 2010, the then 16-year-old went down head first during the...More Posts2021 Events Calendar
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