Announcement: 12 new world-class Speakers confirmed @ 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 6–8th)

By SharpBrains | September 30, 2016

We’re hon­ored to announce 12 new world-class speak­ers at the upcom­ing 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health in the Dig­i­tal Age (Decem­ber 6–8th). More to come…this may well become the most diverse and stim­u­lat­ing brain­storm­ing on the present and future of brain health and enhance­ment! We can’t wait to hear from: Alexan­dra More­house, CMO at…

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Non-invasive neurotechnology: What’s next in research and clinical applications

By SharpBrains | December 11, 2014

What’s next: The future of non-inva­­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy from Sharp­Brains Enjoy these great pre­sen­ta­tions on the future of non-inva­­sive neu­rotech, deliv­ered at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit and fea­tur­ing: Dr. Bruce Cuth­bert, Direc­tor of Adult Trans­la­tional Research and Treat­ment Devel­op­ment at the NIMH Charles Fish­er, Pres­i­dent of Fish­er Wal­lace Lab­o­ra­to­ries Chair: James Cavuo­to, Edi­tor and Pub­lisher at Neu­rotech Reports

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Dr. Thomas Insel, NIMH Director, to speak @ 2014 SharpBrains Virtual Summit

By SharpBrains | October 2, 2014

We are proud to share that Dr. Thomas Insel, Direc­tor of the Nation­al Insti­tute of Men­tal Health and neu­rotech­nol­o­gy vision­ary, will open the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit on Tues­day, Octo­ber 28th. Pri­or to this appoint­ment at NIMH, Dr. Insel was Pro­fes­sor of Psy­chi­a­try at Emory Uni­ver­sity, where he was found­ing direc­tor of the Cen­ter for Behav­ioral Neu­ro­science. He…

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Good profile of pioneer Dr. Thomas Insel, NIMH Director

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 4, 2014

Blaz­ing Trails in Brain Sci­ence (The New York Times): “The pen­du­lum has swung so far toward drug ther­a­py in recent years that it is hard to recap­ture how dis­rup­tive those 1980 stud­ies were. Dr. Insel’s work and that of many oth­ers, test­ing the effect of new med­ica­tions, would turn the field away from long-term talk­ing cures…

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Time to revamp psychiatry and mental health in light of modern neuroscience?

By SharpBrains | May 8, 2013

Trans­form­ing Diag­no­sis (arti­cle by Thomas Insel, Direc­tor of the NIMH): “In a few weeks, the Amer­i­can Psy­chi­atric Asso­ci­a­tion will release its new edi­tion of the Diag­nos­tic and Sta­tis­ti­cal Man­u­al of Men­tal Dis­or­ders (DSM‑5)…While DSM has been described as a “Bible” for the field, it is, at best, a dic­tio­nary, creating 

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