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Rethinking and Retooling Brain Health and Mental Health

July 12, 2019 by SharpBrains

Rethink­ing and Retool­ing Brain Health and Men­tal Health from Sharp­Brains

We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing two ses­sions held at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here.

8–8.45am. Rethink­ing and Retool­ing Brain Health and Men­tal Health 

  • Dr. Tom Insel, Co-founder and Pres­i­dent of Mind­strong Health and for­mer Direc­tor of the Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health (NIMH)

9–10.30am. How to detect prob­lems ear­ly: Exam­ples in Alzheimer’s Dis­ease, Parkinson’s, anx­i­ety and PTSD

  • Dr. Sri­jan Sen, Pro­fes­sor of Depres­sion and Neu­ro­sciences at Uni­ver­si­ty of Michigan
  • Jan Samzelius, Co-Founder and Chief Sci­en­tist of Neu­raMetrix
  • Dr. Tony Chang, Asso­ciate at Mer­ck Ventures
  • Chaired by: Dr. Dean­na Bel­sky, Asso­ciate at Dol­by Fam­i­ly Ventures

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain health, digital mental health, Dolby Family Ventures, mental health, Merck Ventures, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, Rethinking, retooling, University-of-Michigan

Shaping the Future of Mental Health

March 8, 2019 by SharpBrains

Dig­i­tal Men­tal Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope + Brain­no­va­tions Ses­sion 1 from Sharp­Brains

We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing two great ses­sions held dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Brain Health & Enhance­ment in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017). [Read more…] about Shap­ing the Future of Men­tal Health

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: future, HealthTech Connex, innovation, mental health, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, Savonix

10+ pioneers confirmed to Speak @ 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (May 7–9th)

February 19, 2019 by SharpBrains

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We are proud to announce the first wave of con­firmed Speak­ers to share their inno­v­a­tive work and insights at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health, to be held May 7–9th, 2019:

Dr. Tom Insel, Co-founder and Pres­i­dent of Mind­strong Health
Dr. Ainslie Hatch, Direc­tor of Dig­i­tal Ther­a­peu­tics at Otsu­ka Pharmaceutical
David Klein, CEO of Click Ther­a­peu­tics
Char­lie Hartwell, Oper­at­ing Part­ner at The Bridge Builders Collaborative
Louis Gagnon, CEO of Total Brain
Dr. Anna Wexler, sci­ence writer and PI of the Wexler Lab at UPenn
Dr. Eddie Mar­tuc­ci, Founder and CEO of Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs
Ana Maiques, CEO of Neu­ro­electrics
Jan Samzelius, Founder and CEO of Neu­raMetrix
Dr. Peter White­house, Pro­fes­sor of Neu­rol­o­gy at Case West­ern Reserve University
Kito Toset­ti, CEO of CTF MEG International
Ariel Garten, Founder and Chief Evan­ge­lism Offi­cer of Inter­aX­on
Alvaro Fer­nan­dez, CEO and Edi­tor-in-Chief of Sharp­Brains

We can’t wait to discuss and help shape the Future of Brain Health!

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Imag­ine your smart­phone can detect ear­ly signs of anx­i­ety, depres­sion or Parkinson’s Dis­ease — would you like to know? Who else should know … and not know?

Imag­ine a videogame cleared by the FDA to treat ADHD or sub­stance abuse — how will doc­tors pre­scribe it, patients access it, and insur­ers pay for it?

Imag­ine being respon­si­ble for the health & well­ness of your orga­ni­za­tion — how will you nav­i­gate the grow­ing toolk­it of evi­dence-based inter­ven­tions such as exercise/ meditation/ sleep apps/ cog­ni­tive therapies/ biofeedback/ tDCS?

Imag­ine invest­ing $100 mil­lion to help accel­er­ate brain research and appli­ca­tions — how would you ensure that respon­si­ble devel­op­ment meets wise adop­tion?

Imag­ine a free annu­al brain check-up — who should take it, and how could it help prevent/ delay/ treat cog­ni­tive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease?

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LEARN MORE HERE

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili Interactive Labs, Bridge Builders Collaborative, Case-Western-Reserve-University, Click Therapeutics, CTF MEG International, Interaxon, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, Neuroelectrics, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, sharpbrains, Total Brain, Wexler Lab

An idea gaining traction: Can measuring typing cadence help monitor and treat Parkinson’s Disease?

January 10, 2019 by SharpBrains

FDA grants break­through device des­ig­na­tion to Neu­raMetrix (press release):

“The U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) has grant­ed Break­through Device des­ig­na­tion to the Neu­raMetrix brain health mon­i­tor­ing solu­tion. The des­ig­na­tion is grant­ed for devices “that pro­vide more effec­tive treat­ment or diag­no­sis of life-threat­en­ing or irre­versibly debil­i­tat­ing human dis­ease or con­di­tions”. The approved use is mon­i­tor­ing of Parkinson’s dis­ease (PD) [Read more…] about An idea gain­ing trac­tion: Can mea­sur­ing typ­ing cadence help mon­i­tor and treat Parkinson’s Disease?

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: digital biomarker, FDA, NeuraMetrix, Parkinsons-disease, Typing Cadence

Here’s a landscape of new ideas harnessing digital tech to upgrade cognitive and mental healthcare

June 20, 2018 by SharpBrains

Dig­i­tal Men­tal Health: the Hurt, the Hype, the Hope + Brain­no­va­tions Ses­sion 1 from Sharp­Brains

We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing great for­ward-look­ing ideas shared by pio­neers at Mind­strong Health, Savonix, HealthTech Con­nex and Neu­raMetrix dur­ing the 2017 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 5–7th, 2017).

And please learn more and con­sid­er reserv­ing your spot @ 2018 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Invest­ing in Brain Health for All (Decem­ber 4–6th, 2018).

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: HealthTech Connex, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, Savonix

Lifestyle and neurotechnology over genetics

May 31, 2018 by SharpBrains

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Dear col­league,

It’s remark­able how quick­ly things are chang­ing, final­ly, in brain health and men­tal health — see for exam­ple what’s new with Inter­ax­on, Akili, Neu­raMetrix, Apple, Calm, Halo Neu­ro­science, Mind­strong Health, Novar­tis, Pear Ther­a­peu­tics, and life­long neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis, all in the last 6 months!

Please enjoy the May edi­tion of Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter below, and con­sid­er join­ing the Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit this Decem­ber to dis­cuss the lat­est and help shape the next 🙂

New research:

  • Cog­ni­tive train­ing, diet, exer­cise, and vas­cu­lar man­age­ment seen to improve cog­ni­tion even in peo­ple with genet­ic pre­dis­po­si­tion for demen­tia (APOE e4)
  • Brain imag­ing show that patients with Alzheimer’s dis­ease can still remem­ber and enjoy their favorite songs
  • Phys­i­cal exer­cise doesn’t slow down demen­tia once it appears, study shows

New tools:

  • Ini­tial study finds promise and lim­i­ta­tions in using vir­tu­al real­i­ty (VR) to treat ADHD
  • tDCS com­ing to an Equinox gym near you: Good, Bad or Depends?
  • Could tech­nol­o­gy help cure depres­sion among old­er adults? (Short answer: Yes)

New thinking:

  • Six tips for social-emo­tion­al learn­ing (SEL) to trans­fer into real-world skills
  • Large study to assess impact on ear­ly brain devel­op­ment of finan­cial assis­tance to low-income mothers
  • New book high­lights con­tin­ued brain devel­op­ment through­out ado­les­cence, even into our 20s
  • Pre­sen­ta­tion on Neu­ro­science, Edu­ca­tion and Life­long Learn­ing (in Spanish)

 

Have a great month of June,

 

The Sharp­Brains Team

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Akili, Apple, Brain-health, Brain-Imaging, Calm, Cognitive-Training, dementia, diet, exercise, Genetics, Halo Neuroscience, Interaxon, lifestyle, Mindstrong Health, NeuraMetrix, neuro, Neurogenesis, neurotech, Neurotechnology, Novartis, Pear Therapeutics, tDCS, vascular management, virtual-reality

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