Tara Walker

This November, We are taking part in Stroke Foundation’s Stride4Stroke to help prevent, treat and beat stroke!

Hi, I'm Dr Tara Walker and I am passionate about running both personally and professionally! I am a research scientist at the Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland and I am working to understand how exercise promotes brain health. It is now well known that running increases the number of new neurons in our brains. The focus of my research is to understand the mechanism/s underlying this phenomenon. The long-term goal of my work is to identify new ways to increase neuron production to replace the brain cells lost following stroke and in Alzheimer's disease.

In Australia, one stroke occurs every 9 minutes.

It is one of Australia's biggest killers, killing more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer.

Stroke attacks the brain, the human control centre, changing lives in an instant. The impact of stroke can be devastating for the individual and the family. However, the impact of stroke can be prevented, with research indicating that around 80 percent of strokes are preventable.

I have picked my Stride4Stroke activity goal and I’m ready to go!

Please support my Stride4Stroke challenge with a donation today. 

Your donation will help the Stroke Foundation support those affected right now and fund research to help prevent stroke, save lives and enhance recovery. Thank you.