Frontiers of BrainHealth

As Director of the Neuroimmunology and Behavior Lab at UT Dallas, Michael Burton, PhD, researches how the immune and nervous systems communicate to influence pain and comorbidities like depression and anxiety. His research interests extend into aging, nutrition, alcohol consumption and immune activation. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Pain Studies and a 2024-2025 Mayday Pain & Society Fellow.

Neuroimmunology and Behavior

Florence Chiang, PhD, focuses on research to develop and translate computational neuroimaging methods to identify and implement imaging biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response in multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. She is an assistant professor at the O’Donnell Brain Institute at UT Southwestern.

Computational Neuroimaging and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease

Katherine Damme, PhD, researches the adolescent brain, including pathways of risk for psychopathology and ways to promote healthy neural and cognitive development. She is an assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Center for Vital Longevity at UT Dallas.


Psychosis Risk and Resilience During Adolescence: Insights From Women’s Neurodevelopment

An award-winning researcher and statistician, Russell Almond, PhD, delves deep into the human sciences, researching ways to measure properties of a person which cannot be directly observed. In this talk, he uses examples from education, psychology and exercise physiology to illustrate procedures for measuring real-life constructs, including practices that can advance how tomorrow's researchers work to define, measure and improve brain health.


Defining Constructs with Context and Claims

Hal Urshel III, MD, MMA and Fransceca Filbey, PhD. 

Addiction psychiatrist and author of the New York Times bestseller Healing the Addicted Brain, Harold Urschel, MD, MMA, teams up with Center for BrainHealth's Francesca Filbey, PhD, world-renowned expert in the brain mechanisms of addictive disorders – to discuss both the clinical and the basic science aspects of the myriad, harmful effects of marijuana on the human brain and body. 

The Dangers of Marijuana on Mental Health

Delivering the right treatment to the right patient at the right time can significantly improve outcomes while minimizing adverse events and side effects. Inspired by Precision Medicine in oncology, Dr. Matt Huentelman and his team apply these principles to the aging brain, aiming to align cognitive healthspan with lifespan and improve the prediction and prevention of age-related cognitive diseases, terming this approach "Precision Aging." This talk introduces internet- and lab-based approaches to advance this effort.

Scale and Diversity to Empower Precision Aging

Dr. Sandi Chapman asks a question during a live Frontiers of BrainHealth talk inside Center for BrainHealth's Brain Performance Institute.

Dan Krawczyk, PhD

Our Exciting Spring Lineup

Register for the Virtual Season

Directions to Center for BrainHealth

About Us

Pioneering Science

Brain Training

Limitless Impact