BrainFutures 2015 Explores New Frontiers to Improve Brain

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Nov. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Annapolis, MD І November 3, 2015 – BrainFutures 2015 opens tomorrow, gathering national and international mental health and neuroscience experts in Annapolis, Maryland. More than 300 clinicians, consumers of mental health services, family members and policymakers will spend two information-packed days exploring what’s working now and what’s on the horizon in treating behavioral health problems and optimizing brain function.

BrainFutures 2015 will take place November 4-5, 2015, at the Westin Annapolis. The event is hosted by the Mental Health Association of Maryland (https://www.mhamd.org/) (MHAMD), which is celebrating 100 years of advocacy and education this year. BrainFutures 2015 is co-sponsored by The Kennedy Forum, Mental Health America and the National Council for Behavioral Health.

BrainFutures 2015 will feature key speakers such as:

·        -  Former U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), founder of The Kennedy Forum (http://www.thekennedyforum.org/), who is invested in making sure the latest science translates to the public

·         - Dr. Thomas Insel, who recently left his post as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health to join Google Life Sciences

·        -  Zack Lynch, leader of the international Neurotechnology Industry Organization, who will head a panel with  creative forces such as Jen Hyatt, founder of Great Britain’s Big White Wall; Dr. Corey McCann, CEO of Pear Therapeutics; and Dr. Jocelyn Faubert, whose laboratory at the University of Montreal has yielded technologies that are used by professional sports leagues and elite military forces to improve attention, focus and performance

  - Adam Gazzaley whose groundbreaking work at the Neuroscience Imaging Center at UC San Francisco is advancing the development of therapeutic gaming to improve the cognitive function of older adults and others, and Dr. Majid Fotuhi, whose multidisciplinary brain fitness program is transforming the lives of older adults at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease

·     - Dr. Evian Gordon, CEO of Australia-based My Brain Solutions; George Carpenter, CEO of MYnd Analytics; and Dr. Jay Lombard, co-founder of Genomind, all leaders in the field of personalized medicine who are developing new tools to improve screening, diagnosis and treatment selection

- Kate Sullivan, director of the BrainFitness Center at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Dr. Corinna Lathan, CEO of AnthroTronix; and Dr. Justin Sanchez of the Biological Technologies office at DARPA, addressing military mental health

·     - Barcelona-based Ana Maiques, founder and CEO of Neuroelectrics, who will join Dr. Graeme Moffat, director of scientific and regulatory affairs at InteraXon, and Chris Thatcher, president and CEO of Neuronetics, in a conversation moderated by Dr. Harry Kerasidis, founder of XLNTbrain Sport and medical director of the Centers for Neuroscience, Sleep Disorders and Stroke at Calvert Memorial Hospital, exploring electrical and magnetic stimulation in treating and optimizing brain function

“The concept of neuroplasticity, the brain’s ability to change throughout a person’s life, is driving innovative approaches to treating mental health and substance use disorders as well as optimizing the brain’s performance,” says Linda J. Raines, CEO of MHAMD. “We’re bringing together these world-renowned innovators to make this new research and new promise of better outcomes available to care providers and consumers here in the Mid Atlantic region.”

View the full line-up of speakers and the daily agenda at  https://www.brainfutures2015.org/speakers-sessions/agenda/.

For more information, please visit www.BrainFutures2015.org (http://cl.s7.exct.net/?qs=02549c4c8b6b31662673f1fb8fc3d9757f404db936c065d166d230870c104e9b) or contact Lea Ann Browning-McNee at Lbmcnee@mhamd.org.

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For one hundred years, MHAMD has believed that access to both services and information is power. Founded in 1915, MHAMD is the state’s only volunteer, nonprofit organization that brings together consumers, families, clinicians, advocates and concerned citizens for unified action in all aspects of mental health, mental illness and substance use. Our progressive programs ensure more humane treatment, increased research and greater public understanding of the needs of children and adults who live with behavioral health problems.