1st OIC Int’l conference of Neuroscience to be held at COMSTECH in February

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16 (APP):The first OIC International Conference of Neuroscience will be held at the COMSTECH Secretariat in the month of February to build capacity of health professionals in the field of neurological care.

“This international conference of Neuroscience, to be held from February 9-10, aims to build capacity of health professionals in neurological care, and to promote networking among experts of OIC countries especially the least developed African countries”, an official of COMSTECH told APP.

Scientists, researchers, academicians, graduate students, neuroscientists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrist, neuro-psychologists, neuro-radiologists from the OIC countries will participate.

The workshop will cover the following thematic areas including Stroke, Epilepsy, CNS infections, Environment and brain, Diagnosis and approach to neurological diseases and OIC collaboration for research network, the official said.

Neuroscience is one of the most important components of science which covers structure and functioning of the whole nervous system. The field of neuroscience includes basic scientists, neuro-immunologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuro-radiologists, neuro-rehabilitation, and so forth.

There are more than 5 million neuroscientists across the globe, mostly located in developed countries. Furthermore, neurosciences contribute to 10 percent of all research and 20 percent of all health sciences research; hence, making it a key area of focus.

The OIC region is vast and diverse, comprising of many developing and under-developed countries which are still in need of skills and knowledge in scientific research for the healthcare sector, the official informed.

The intending participants can register for physical participation through: https://register.comstech.org/1st-oic-international-conference/ while they can register for virtual participation through https://forms.gle/M4neTYtg9wjjtneg8. The last day for registration is January 17.