Eleventh Annual Brain Awareness Week at the
National Museum of Health and Medicine
March 15-19, 2010
Photos from Monday, March 15, 2010
Albert Einstein welcomes students to Brain Awareness Week 2010 at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. Einstein was brought to the Museum by the USA Science and Engineering Festival, set to take place in Washington, D.C. in October 2010. |
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A representative from the Society for Neuroscience reads a proclamation from Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty declaring March 15-21, 2010 "Brain Awareness Week" in the District of Columbia. Pictured is Andrea Schierkolk (right), Museum Public Programs Manager. |
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Archie Fobbs, collections manager for the Neuroanatomical Collections at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C., teaches students from the McLean School of Maryland in Potomac about the brain, during Brain Awareness Week 2010. |
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Dr. Vinod Charles of the National Institute of Mental Health tells students from the McLean School of Maryland in Potomac the story of Phineas Gage, one of the most famous men to survive a severe brain injury, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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A presenter from the George Washington University Center for Education and Human Services in Acquired Brain Injury urges students to always wear a helmet while skiing and snowboarding in her presentation, "Brain Injury and the Winter Olympics," during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Presenters from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences teach students from the McLean School of Maryland in Potomac about animal brains, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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Faculty from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences demonstrate neuronal signaling in the brain with students from the McLean School of Maryland in Potomac, during Brain Awareness Week at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Washington, D.C. |
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