LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2013)
Neurosurgery chair invited to speak to Congressional Neuroscience Caucus May 10
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 12, 2013
Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT) announce the formation of American Board of Brain Mapping, its 2013 award recipients and its Brain Mapping Day at the US Congress
February 20, 2013
Brain Activity Map Project in Planning Stages
LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 18, 2013
Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics endorse President Obama's support for Human Brain Mapping research; nominating him for prestigious Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award
LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 3, 2012
The world's largest Open Access Journal, PLoS ONE, has teamed up with one of the fastest growing multidisciplinary medical associations, SBMT, in order to better educate physicians, scientists, engineers and policy makers on key cross-disciplinary scientific advances
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 29, 2012
The Brain Mapping Foundation Awards a US Army colonel and 3 Distinguished U.S. and Canadian Scientists at its Gala in Toronto
President Obama Speaks on the BRAIN Initiative
and American Innovation
President Obama unveiled the “BRAIN” Initiative—a bold new research effort to revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain disorders like Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.
State of The Union 2013 - Brain Mapping
SBMT advocated for more translational research in the area of Brain Mapping. The Honorable President Obama made a clear reference to the importance of human brain mapping research in his 2013 state of the union address; thanks to SBMT's effort.
Brain Mapping defined as: The study of the anatomy and function of the brain and spinal cord through the use of imaging (including intra-operative, Microscopic, Endoscopic and Multi-Modality imaging), Immunohistochemistry, Molecular & optogenetics, Stem cell and Cellular Biology, Engineering (material, electrical and biomedical), Neurophysiology and Nanotechnology.
2013 Award Recipents
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| Wieslaw L. Nowinski Principal Scientist, Lab Director, Biomedical Imaging Lab Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore |
Rafat Ansari Human Research Program NASA/ GRC |
Shouleh Nikzad Senior Research Scientist, NASA/JPL |
Margie L. Homer Senior Engineer at NASA/JPL |
Robert H.
Kraus, Jr. Chief Scientist, Director of Operations, Samitaur Medical Technologies |
| Pioneer in Medicine Award | Pioneer in Technology Development Award | Humanitarian Award | ||
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| Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Yosef Koronyo Research associate, Surgery and Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Eric M. Bailey President, CEO, Founder, Neurologica |
Reese S. Terry Jr. Co-founder and former CEO of Cyberonics |
Ming Hsieh Founder of Cogent Inc. |
| Pioneer in Healthcare Policy Award Nominees | ||||
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| Barack H. Obama 44th President of the United States |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th Congressional District |
Earl Blumenauer U.S. Representative for Oregon's 3rd Congressional District |
James Moran U.S. Representative for Virginia's 8th Congressional District |
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Second Annual
Brain Mapping Day at the US Congress
A Congressional Brief on the
state-of-the-art in Brain Mapping and Neuroscience
Organizers: Brain Mapping Foundation and
Congressional Neuroscience Caucus
Location: Gold Room in Rayburn building,
Friday May 10th, 2013, 10-12 Noon EST
Black Tie Award Gala
Join us for the Annual
Gala Dinner
you will be able to sign up for this gala banquet.
2013 Congress Gala Banquet
Sunday Night, May 12th in the Hilton Hotel
Reception is from 6 pm - 8 pm EST
Dress code for men Black Tie and ladies Cocktail Dresses
This event is RSVP only through your Congrerss Registration.
RETIRED US ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN SHARES HIS VIEWS AT A PAST GALA BANQUET
Brain Mapping Foundation (BMF) is a non-profit 501c3 charitable organization, which is establish for the purpose of facilitating multidisciplinary brain and spinal cord research and expediting integration of cutting-edge technologies into the field of neuroscience. BMF is focused on translating state-of-the-art technologies from NASA, DOD and industry into neurosurgery in order to bring the most advanced medicine to wounded warriors.
Support Brain Mapping Foundation initiative to establish a National Center for Nano-Bio-Electronics (NCNBE)