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Science Summit: Breakthroughs in Precision Brain Health

Scientists, researchers and college students received rapid-fire updates on the latest research advancing personalized brain health.
The day included a Poster Showcase featuring new brain health research, a Tech Expo, and insights into a new research collaboration leveraging big data to accelerate discovery, the BrainHealth Network.

Launching a Bold, New Research Collaboration

The BrainHealth Network focuses on understanding brain health through advanced MRI imaging and data analysis. Collecting a comprehensive set of brain scans — including structural, functional, vascular and white matter tract imaging — data from this initiative is used to assess both neural and vascular health, offering a holistic view of brain function.
Connecting researchers across the country, this rapidly growing collaborative is accelerating expert analysis of this expanding data set and promoting groundbreaking discoveries – for the benefit of society, human health, transparency, reproducibility and innovation. 

Tips for Generating Your Own Takeaways

Flex Your Frontal Lobe

Memory consolidation requires active repetition and connection to existing knowledge — it doesn't happen automatically. Be intentional about simple knowledge retention habits:
  • After any learning experience spend five minutes writing down the three ideas that most resonated with you.
  • Review those notes one week later.
  • Share one insight with someone else within 24 hours.
Watch this 3-minute video as Center for BrainHealth's Lori Cook, PhD, and Jennifer Zientz share why creating takeaways and action items is important and how science-based SMART™ Brain Training strategies can help.
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