Associate Professor Bronwen Connor
Dr Bronwen Connor is an Associate Professor in Pharmacology and head of the Neural Repair and Neurogenesis laboratory in the Centre for Brain Research at the University of Auckland. Dr Connor has established a research programme focusing on the potential use of stem cell therapy for the treatment of brain injury and disease. Her research group is undertaking studies to understand the processes by which brain injury or disease stimulates stem cells in the adult brain to form new replacement brain cells in an attempt by the adult brain to ‘repair’ itself. Dr Connor is well established as a stem cell research authority in New Zealand and around the world. She is a long-serving member of the Neurological Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee.