This month on the Community of Innovation podcast, hosts Dr. Allison Sekuler and Dr. Rosanne Aleong revisit the keynote session from CABHI’s 2024 Summit: Defy Dementia, featuring Dr. Harris Eyre, physician, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and policy strategist.
During the summit, Dr. Allison Sekuler interviewed Dr. Harris Eyre about brain capital and the brain economy, concepts that explain how brain health leads to economic health. Harris is an expert in the brain technology field – a pioneering voice in the space and a respected author on the topic.
The discussion touched on many key ideas relating to the brain economy, such as:
- How brains contribute to the economy
- The makeup of brain capital
- The relationship between our environment and our brain
- The role equity plays in the brain economy
Allison and Harris tackled many topics that could be considered advanced, but were able to break them down, making the themes digestible for all listeners. Tune in now to experience it for yourself!
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Learn more about our guests
Dr. Harris Eyre – physician, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and policy strategist – is an expert in the brain health technology field, and has co-led major commercial contracts, product development, dilutive and non-dilutive capital-raising efforts. Dr. Eyre is an entrepreneur dedicated to creating awareness, knowledge, skills, and leadership for the brain economy. He is lead at the Brain Capital Alliance and a fellow with the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Stanford Frontier Technology Lab. He also serves in the Champion’s Cabinet of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative. Harris is an alumnus of the Forbes 30 Under 30 and the Fulbright Scholar program, an awardee of the EB1A Green Card, an honour typically reserved for Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners. He has authored over 200 papers and was the lead editor of the book ‘Convergence Mental Health’ and he recently authored a Lancet Neurology paper about the brain economy. Brain capital has been highlighted in platforms such as the UNGA, WEF, Bloomberg, COP, OECD, Forbes, Wharton, PwC, The FT, Brookings, The Lancet, and US Congress. Eyre and his colleagues are advancing a global strategy, aimed at integrating brain capital considerations into all policy domains. Additionally, they are championing an investment plan, which has led to the formation of a new venture capital fund. A brain capital industrial strategy has been designed to amplify brain power and invigorate economies.
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CABHI’s Community of Innovation podcast is where topics on ingenuity, aging and brain health collide. Join us as we talk to experts in healthcare, research, technology, and business, as well as older adults and their caregivers, about the innovative practices and healthtech solutions helping us all lead longer, healthier lives.
Hosted by Dr. Allison Sekuler (President and Chief Scientist at CABHI) and Dr. Rosanne Aleong (Director of Research, Innovation, and Translation at CABHI).
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