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Brain Imaging and the BRAIN Initiative (National Research Project)

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Tonya Turner, Associate Director for Clinical Services and registered dietician and nutrition specialist at the Weight Management Center at MUSC

  This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Joseph Helpern about his involvement in a national research initiative to better understand how the human brain works. Dr. Helpern is a professor of Radiology and Director of the MUSC Center for Biomedical Imaging.

Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.