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Harnessing digital platforms to accelerate R&D and drive proper adoption of cognitive and brain health tools

December 26, 2016 by SharpBrains

Har­ness dig­i­tal plat­forms to accel­er­ate R&D and dri­ve prop­er adop­tion from Sharp­Brains

Pio­neers in edu­ca­tion, med­i­cine and phar­ma dis­cussed new data-rich approach­es to help assess what works and what doesn’t, and for whom, accel­er­at­ing R&D ini­tia­tives and prop­er adop­tion cog­ni­tive and brain health tools.

  • Chair: Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO & Edi­tor-in-Chief of SharpBrains
  • Richard Varn, Direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Advanced Tech­nol­o­gy and Neu­ro­science at Edu­ca­tion­al Test­ing Ser­vice (ETS)
  • Dr. Bri­an Iacoviel­lo, Direc­tor of Sci­en­tif­ic Affairs at Click Therapeutics
  • Dr. Gahan Pan­d­i­na, Senior Direc­tor, Ven­ture Leader at Janssen Research & Development
  • Dr. Sarah Banks, Head of Neu­ropsy­chol­o­gy at the Cleve­land Clin­ic Lou Ruvo Cen­ter for Brain Health

These pre­sen­ta­tions took place at the 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 6–8th, 2016).

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Brain-health, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Click Therapeutics, cognitive, digital health, digital platforms, Educational Testing Service, Janssen

Update: From Drugs and Helmets to Digital Brain Health toolkits

April 1, 2013 by SharpBrains

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Time for a new edi­tion of Sharp­Brains’ e‑newsletter. This time we focus on how much the brain health and behav­ioral health fields are chang­ing, as they upgrade tra­di­tion­al toolk­its with dig­i­tal plat­forms to bet­ter mon­i­tor, assess and enhance cog­ni­tion. Often dri­ven by a grow­ing con­sumer demand for improved brain fit­ness, as you can see in this 3‑minute clip (opens YouTube video).

We are proud to report that our lat­est mar­ket report is prov­ing to be valu­able to a range of exec­u­tives and inno­va­tors work­ing along those lines, as you can read here.

New Sci­ence

  • Neu­ro­sci­en­tists: Devel­op dig­i­tal games to improve brain func­tion and well-being
  • Mis­use & Abuse of ADHD Meds among col­lege stu­dents: Updat­ed review of a grow­ing concern
  • Beyond hel­mets: con­cus­sions require proac­tive, indi­vid­u­al­ized mon­i­tor­ing and rehab

New Tools

  • Work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing can improve emo­tion­al reg­u­la­tion and behav­ioral health
  • Cam­bridge Cog­ni­tion, devel­op­er of com­put­erised neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal tests, to go pub­lic in the UK
  • The future of biosen­sors and nanotechnology

New think­ing

  • Debunk­ing 10 Brain Fit­ness and Brain Train­ing Myths
  • Rais­ing aware­ness about the dis­tract­ed mind (PBS special)
  • Drugs for Ear­ly-Stage Alzheimer’s?
  • New guide­lines for neu­rol­o­gists pre­scrib­ing cog­ni­tive enhance­ment drugs

Have a great month of April!

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, SharpBrains Monthly eNewsletter, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: adhd, Behavioral Health, Brain-Fitness, Brain-health, Cambridge Cognition, cognition, concussions, digital platforms, games, helmets, Working-memory

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