About Brain Awareness Season
OHSU’s Brain Awareness Season is recognized as one of the premier neurological outreach programs in the nation. Every year, nearly 10,000 Oregonian residents, researchers, clinicians, policy makers and advocacy group members attend the season’s series of events.
The season is comprised of a hugely successful lecture series, a neuroscience town hall, a teacher workshop, a physician event and a brain fair.
Continuing to Grow
The season continues to grow in size and prestige with the support of strategic partners such as:
Top Names
Congressman Earl Blumenauer
The program’s lecture series attracts some of the top names in the country studying the brain. Past presenters include:
- Guy McKhann, M.D.,/ Marilyn Albert,Ph.D Johns Hopkins University, Dana authors, “Keep Your Brain Young: The Complete Guide To Physical and Emotional Health and Longevity”
- Thomas Insel, M.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health
- Terrence Sejnowski, Ph.D., Salk Institute, author: “LIARS, LOVERS AND HEROES: New Discoveries About How We Become Who We Are”
- Paula Apsell, Executive Director of NOVA
- Floyd Bloom, M.D., Salk Institute, co-author: “The Dana Guide to Brain Health”
- Gary Small, M.D., UCLA Center on Aging, author: “The Memory Bible”
- Ira Flatow, Host of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday”
- Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize winner
Popular Lectures
Lectures are nearly always standing room only with over two thirds of attendees participating in the post-lecture reception featuring partners, sponsors and OHSU clinicians and researchers.
"The Brain Awareness lecture in Portland was unlike anything I have attended elsewhere in the country. Usually these are afternoon lectures in a university classroom with a few students and some interested faculty. In Portland, Brain Awareness is a community event. For the evening lecture people from all backgrounds filled the largest church in town with many standing in the balcony. The enthusiasm of this crowd gave me a new awareness of what this celebration could be.”Thomas Insel, M.D., Director, National Institute of Mental Health, guest lecturer |
