In-Person Events
iRest Session
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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.
Neuroimmunology and Behavior
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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.
Computational Neuroimaging and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease
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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.
Psychosis Risk and Resilience During Adolescence: Insights from Women’s Neurodevelopment
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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.
Defining Constructs with Context and Claims
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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.
Art of BrainHealth: Student Art Competition
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The 2025 Art of BrainHealth event begins with a spotlight on our sixth annual student art competition and showcase, featuring participants from UT Dallas and Dallas College. This year's contest takes place alongside the breathtaking architecture and world-class collections at the Edith and Peter O’Donnell, Jr. Anthenaeum at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Art of BrainHealth
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Be among the first to experience the architecture and collections in the O’Donnell Athenaeum at UT Dallas. Center for BrainHealth and the Crow Museum of Asian Art invite you to Night at the Museum, an Art of BrainHealth event for young professionals. Must be 21+ to attend Night at the Museum – but all ages may attend our pre-event Student Art Competition (starting at 4:30 PM).
Empowering Women Through Brain Health
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SOLD OUT: This special paid event will gather 250 female leaders and decision-makers from corporations and community organizations across North Texas to explore ways that brain health empowers women. Attendees will leave ready to take action for themselves, their families, their organizations and their communities.
Neuroscapes: Mapping the Mind Through Photography
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Explore the profound intersection of art and brain health through thought-provoking photographs from Dallas-based artists. This unique event features networking reception, art exhibit and interactive panel discussion with thought leaders in art and education. Must be 21+ to attend.
Family Fair
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Our third annual Family Fair, held at Center for BrainHealth, offers a whirlwind journey into the human brain – with games, food, arts & crafts, activities and surprises.
Why We Remember – and How to Hold on to What Matters Most
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Charan Ranganath, PhD, explains the hidden role memory plays in our lives and how we imagine the future. Author of the New York Times best seller Why We Remember, Dr. Ranganath has pioneered a new way of thinking about the everyday act of remembering. One of the world’s top memory researchers, his work sheds light on the powerful role of memory in nearly every aspect of life, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing. He is director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at UC Davis and is an affiliated faculty with the Center for Mind and Brain.
Reducing the Risks of Brain Injury
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Dr. Kim Gorgens reframes our understanding of brain injury by connecting with often-overlooked populations. Reaching millions of viewers through inspiring TED talks on youth sports concussion and brain injuries in criminal justice, Dr. Gorgens has appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper, NPR and 20/20. A professor of psychology at University of Denver, she manages a large portfolio of brain injury related research and has lectured extensively around the world. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including U.S. News, Newsweek, The Economist, and more.
Unleashing Imagination: The Creative Brain and AI
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In an age driven by AI, neuroscientist Adam Green, PhD, predicts an increasing demand for human creativity. Leader of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation project on creativity in STEM, he seeks to measure innovative thinking as a predictor of success, gauge how different aspects of creativity may work together, and map the seemingly miraculous process of creative ideation. Dr. Green directs the Lab for Relational Cognition at Georgetown University and is co-founder of The Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity and incoming editor-in-chief at Creativity Research Journal. Dr. Green was a BrainHealth speaker in 2019 and is back by popular demand.
Hyperefficient: Optimize Your Brain to Transform the Way You Work
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An eye surgeon and cognitive neuroscientist, Dr. Mithu Storoni advocates for a new, hyperefficient way of working. The work that matters most in our technology-dominated workplace – generating brilliant ideas, solving complex problems, and learning – can’t be manufactured like outputs on an assembly line. Our brains function like a car’s engine, with multiple gears that put the brain in optimal mode for different mental challenges – to create, solve and learn.