Dr Sarah Hellewell

Dr Sarah Hellewell 2023 WA Young Tall Poppy

One in five of us will have a traumatic brain injury in our lifetime. Most people will recover, but some will have long-term problems with their memory, thinking, and emotions. There are no tests or scans we can take to see exactly which areas of the brain are damaged, how severe it is, or how it will recover.

Dr Sarah Hellewell uses advanced research tools to look inside the brain after injury: MRI to examine changes in specific brain areas and connections between them; tests for brain electrical activity; cognitive assessments; and microscopes to look at individual cells. She also designs and test new treatments to lessen or reverse brain damage and prevent long-term problems from occurring in the first place.

2023