We are thrilled to announce Professor Matthew Kiernan AM as the guest speaker for our annual Day of Hope and Remembrance, 21 June 2025.
Professor Kiernan is the Chief Executive Officer and Institute Director, Neuroscience Research Australia. He holds appointments as the Scientia Professor of Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia and Senior Staff Specialist in Neurology at South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. Professor Kiernan is past President of the Australian & New Zealand Association of Neurologists, having helped shape neuroscientific research and the training of neurologists across Australia and New Zealand. Professor Kiernan is Chair of the World Federation of Neurology Specialty Group in Motor Neurone Disease, Chair of the World Congress of Neurology and President of the Brain Foundation.
Professor Kiernan previously served as Chair of MND Research Australia (2015-2019) and was appointed Editor Emeritus of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (BMJ Publishers, United Kingdom), having served as Editor-in-Chief from 2010-2022. In 2019 he was appointed as Member, General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to medicine, and to medical education, in the field of neurology. In 2024 He was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Recent awards include the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research (Perpetual Trustees); the Research Australia GSK Award for Research Excellence; and the American Academy of Neurology Sheila Essey Award “to acknowledge and honor an individual who is making significant contributions in research. The award recognizes seminal research breakthroughs in the search for the cause, prevention of and cure for ALS”.
All members of the MND community are invited to register for this special event: Day of Hope and Remembrance: Global MND Day-Hope and Remembrance
