The Next Frontier in Brain Health: From Preventing Decline to Building Resilience
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Much of the science of brain aging has focused on understanding cognitive decline and reducing risk for dementia. But brain health is more than the absence of disease. Vonetta Dotson, PhD, neuropsychologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, explores a broader, more proactive approach to brain health that considers the interacting cognitive, emotional, physical, social and environmental factors that shape how we think, feel and function across the lifespan.
iRest (Integrative Restoration)
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MORE DATES AVAILABLE: SEE REGISTRATION PAGE. Integrative Restoration (iRest®) is a research-based, trauma-informed guided meditation. The practice can work to reduce stress and build resilience for meeting life’s persistent challenges. There is nothing to “do.” Just get comfortable and listen. Invite a sense of wholeness, the feeling of being rested and restored. iRest sessions at Center for BrainHealth are led by certified teachers through the Warrior Spirit Project.
Mission Restored: Novel Treatments for Veterans
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A panel of distinguished veterans and brain scientists lead a candid, high-level conversation on approaches to neuroplasticity enhancement, addiction disruption, and emotional and psychological reset using psychedelic compounds, featuring former Texas Governor Rick Perry; renowned neuroscientist Francesca Filbey, PhD; veteran and trainer Thad King; neuroscientist and neuroengineer Jamie Tyler, PhD; and clinical psychologist Charles Green, PhD. Moderated by Regen Horchow, President of The Hersh Foundation. This event is for ages 21+. Sponsored by Livewire Technologies, Inc.
Immersive Intelligence: Using Virtual Reality, Digital Twins, and AI to Understand and Enhance Human Performance
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Explore how virtual reality, augmented reality, digital twins, spatial computing and AI can be combined to create controlled yet highly realistic environments for studying cognition, behavior, decision-making and human performance. Jeff Price, MFA, directs the Virtual, Augmented, and Simulation Technology (VAST) Lab at UT Dallas, where he researches the impact of immersive technologies on the study, training and understanding of human behavior.
Understanding Risk, Improving Health: Leveraging Technology to Understand and Reduce Health-Risk Behaviors Across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
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Adolescence and young adulthood are critical periods during which health-risk behaviors can emerge, creating implications for long-term health and well-being. UT Arlington's Melissa A. Lewis, PhD, and Dana M. Litt, PhD, discuss digital technology that can transform risk-reducing interventions.
Next Generation Day: Building the BrainHealthy Campus of the Future
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Explore a new framework for creating campus environments and programs where brain health and performance are embedded in the student experience. Learn what’s possible when the next generation is empowered to prioritize and optimize brain health. Ideal for college administrators, educators, students, community leaders and advocates. A BrainHealth Week event.
Brain Health by Design: A Blueprint for Better Workplace Performance
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BrainHealth Week 2027 kicks off with a workplace conference that explores how stronger brain health can unlock greater resilience, adaptability and performance across organizations. This hands-on experience invites you to join inspiring conversations with renowned experts, leaders and researchers as they turn insights into action. Ideal for leaders, innovators, policy advocates and changemakers seeking to rethink the future of work. Register to attend.
Level Up: Women's Brain Health Conference
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Hear evidence-based insights, personalized tools, and a deeper understanding of how to thrive at every age. Focusing on women's unique risks and resilience factors, the conference explores critical topics including menopause, dementia risk, sleep, nutrition and longevity. Ideal for women's brain health and longevity advocates. A BrainHealth Week event.
Level Up: Women's Brain Health Conference
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Hear evidence-based insights, personalized tools, and a deeper understanding of how to thrive at every age. Focusing on women's unique risks and resilience factors, the conference explores critical topics including menopause, dementia risk, sleep, nutrition and longevity. Ideal for women's brain health and longevity advocates. A BrainHealth Week event.
Science Summit
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Gain firsthand access to cutting-edge brain health research and learn from organizations translating science into practice and innovative, new tools at our landmark gathering committed to advancing the future of proactive brain health. Ideal for researchers, clinicians, innovators, practitioners, industry leaders and students. Includes inaugural meeting of the Society for Brain Health. A BrainHealth Week event.
Military Summit
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Join an inaugural conference with military leaders, elite performers, scientists and innovators working to strengthen your most important strategic asset. Now more than ever, success demands the ability to think clearly, adapt, recover, and perform at your highest level. Ideal for service members, veterans, military families, caregivers and supporters. A BrainHealth Week event.
BrainHealthy Leadership: Two-Day Executive Learning
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Join us on-campus to develop tools to improve individual brain health, performance, and leadership skills to help teams and organizations reach peak brain performance. Jointly offered by the Center for BrainHealth and the Jindal School of Management Executive Education, this program is designed to support leaders gaining skills to help their team and organization reach peak brain performance.