Agenda

Health care consultant Dr. Henry Harbin will explore the role of the FDA, other quality regulatory processes and payers in the evolution of new treatments, with the FDA’s Dr. Carlos Pena, Aetna’s Chief Psychiatric Officer Dr. Hyong Un, One Mind’s General Pete Chiarelli , Akili Chief Science Officer Adam Gazzaley and Pear Therapeutics Chief Science Officer Walter Greenleaf.

Neuroelectrics CEO Ana Maiques will share her company’s pioneering work to advance the science and application of tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) for a wide range of health conditions, including ADHD, autism and depression. Dr. Nick Dogris will share his 20 years of clinical experience as a BCIA certified neurofeedback practitioner, and his work as the founder and inventor of Neurofield's low intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation devices for the treatment of behavioral health conditions.

Mynd Analytics CEO George Carpenter and Genomind Chief Scientific Officer Jay Lombard will share the promise of personalized medicine in improving the selection of medications for mental health conditions, through their innovative work using neuroimaging and genetics to dramatically reduce trial and error prescribing.

Mynd Analytics CEO George Carpenter and Genomind Chief Scientific Officer Jay Lombard will share the promise of personalized medicine in improving the selection of medications for mental health conditions, through their innovative work using neuroimaging and genetics to dramatically reduce trial and error prescribing.

The University of Washington’s mHealth Director Dr. Dror Ben-Zeev will share the impressive results of the FOCUS smartphone app for psychosis, which helps individuals living with schizophrenia to manage symptoms of psychosis and achieved an 86 % usage rate in recent trials.

Originally developed to monitor the brain heath of soldiers, the Dana Brain Vital offers potential to fill a glaring gap in routine visits to the doctor, dramatically reducing health costs and improving outcomes.

My Strength Founder Scott Cousino and Anthem VP Sherry Dubester will discuss this digital resource which complements medication, therapy and other forms of care, and provides users with support that is affordable, accessible and stigma free.

Dr. Merzenich, Chief Scientific Officer of Posit Science and 2016 recipient of the Kavil Prize, one of the world’s top neuroscience awards, will share the impressive evidence base for Brain HQ, Posit’s online brain-training system, featuring Brain HQ’s impact in delaying dementia onset, reducing depression risk and improving cognition and memory.

Dr. Sandra Chapman will share her groundbreaking work as Chief Director of the UT Dallas Center for Brain Health to enhance, protect and restore brain health across the lifespan, through the rapid translation of research findings in the areas of health, injury and disease into relevant applications through the Brain Performance Institute .

Weill Cornell Medicine’s Dr. Sarah Shizuko Morimoto identified a specific cognitive deficit that predicts treatment failure with conventional antidepressants, tested neuroplasticity-based computerized cognitive gaming to target the problem neural circuit dysfunction and realized significant improvement in both cognition and depression symptoms among older adults.

Harvard and Hopkins trained neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi operates the Neurogrow Brain Fitness Center, a pioneering neurology practice that offers a science-based program to boost your memory and grow the memory parts of your brain.

Senior VP for Policy Sarah Lock and VP for Product Strategy Craig Fontenot will share AARP’s approach to brain health, including the activities of the Global Council on Brain Health, and Staying Sharp, AARP’s holistic approach to brain health, powered by science and personalized to fit your life.

Dr. Graeme Moffat, InteraXon's VP of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs will share the science underpinning the effectiveness of the Muse sensory headband in simplifying medication and providing real-time feedback on meditative state through your phone.

Dr. Michelle Carlson's Lab at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health studied the impact of AARP Foundation’s Experience Corps, a Baltimore City older adult school volunteer program, and found benefits in mitigating or reversing age-related brain atrophy as well as positive benefits for kids.

Ali Smith, Founder of the Holistic Life Foundation in Baltimore City, and Vance Benton, Principal of a Baltimore high school, will show how their evidence-based program featuring yoga, mindfulness and self-care is helping children transform their lives in an urban school system.

SMART, a research-based classroom intervention for teenagers, has equipped more than 50,000 youth with advanced reasoning skills. Dr. Jacque Gamino of the UT Dallas’ Center for Brain Health and Dallas Middle School Principal Jonathan Smith will share recent research showing 25% increases in gist reasoning skills among students living in poverty and doubling of commended scores in math, reading, science and social studies.

Brown University Medical School’s Dr. Laurence Hirshberg will explain neurofeedback, its use in treating ADHD and other disorders at the Neurodevelopment Center, and share his experience as a licensed psychologist with 25 years of experience in the field.

Boston University Medical School’s Dr. Naomi Steiner will share her expertise as a pediatrician treating children with ADHD and as the founder of Attention Tutoring, and her research using computer attention training and neurofeedback in Boston schools.

Yale psychiatrist and founder of C8 Sciences Dr. Bruce Wexler will be joined by Duvall County Florida School Transformation Specialist Kisya Johnson in presenting ACTIVATETM. ACTIVATE is an evidence-based program of computer & physical brain training exercises that improve Executive Function skills of focused attention, self-control and memory in elementary school children and show “near and far transfer effects” on formal tests of cognition and school-administered math and reading achievement tests. Use of ACTIVATE in low-performing Title 1 elementary schools will be described.

Dr. Martha Burns, Director of Neuroscience Education at Scientific Learning, and Dr. Jody Woodrum, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction in Starksville, Mississippi, will share Fast ForWord’s computerized reading program and its evidence in improving reading scores among struggling readers and English language learners.

Angel investor and former T. Rowe Price Executive John Cammack will moderate a closing discussion on challenges and effective strategies in translating scientific advances to learning environments to optimize student success.