2016-2019
E.Y.O.L. Advanced Special Project Team BrainMind Summer Internship launched (2016)
First company was formed at a BrainMind gathering: Reveri Health (2016)
BrainMind Core Advisory Board developed (2017)
BrainMind receives support from the Dana and Kavli Foundation for BrainMind’s Neuroethics Initiative
Summits: Stanford Summit in Menlo Park (2016, 2018, 2019), Consciousness Summit in Menlo Park (2019), MIT Summit in Boston (2019)
Exemplary Gatherings: Neuroscience of Love Salon in SF; Gut-Brain Axis Dinner in Boston
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2020
BrainMind launches their Alzheimer’s Prevention Master Class in collaboration with Cornell’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic (APC), and leading Alzheimer’s expert Dr. Richard Isaacson M.D.
BrainMind received an educational grant from TauRx to create scientific visualizations around the tau protein for the Alzheimer’s Research Community
National Neuroethics Advisory Committee white paper published
Summits: National Neuroethics Advisory Committee at Duke
Exemplary Gatherings: JPM – Advancing Human Consciousness in SF; Transtech Virtual Session
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2021
Science Visualization Library created in collaboration with top research institutions and nonprofits to produce an open-source library of scientific visualizations
BrainMind partners with Second Time Founders to build a curated conscious leadership program to foster connections between scientists and entrepreneurs in the BrainMind ecosystem.
BrainMind co-founder, Diana Saville, authors chapter titled “Trans-sectorial Neuroscience Innovation for the 21st Century: The BrainMind Model” in the book Convergence Mental Health: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Innovation
Convergence Mental Health. Eyre HA, Berk M, Reynolds C, Lavretsky H, editors. Online: Oxford University Press; 2021. Chapter 36, Trans-sectorial Neuroscience Innovation for the 21st Century: The BrainMind Model
Partnership with NeuroTechX to create a comprehensive neurotechnology company and academic lab database for public dissemination and education
Exemplary Gatherings: Women’s Brain Health Salon in NYC; Brain Health Nutrition Dinner in NYC
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2022
BCI Infographic and report started
BrainMind funds the creation of neuroethics tools for entrepreneurs
BrainMind receives Dana Foundation grant for neuroethics work
BrainMind funds Richard Isaacson’s RetainYourBrain
Featured in CNN article and by Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta
In collaboration with philanthropists, we catalyze funding for both groundbreaking academic research and early-stage ventures advancing brain health
Tracy Brandmeyer joins the BrainMind team as Chief Science Officer
Summits: Neuroethics Global Advisory Meeting in Paris
Exemplary Gatherings: Time Perception Salon in Menlo Park; Ethical Neuro-Innovation Conversation in Boston, Daydreaming Salon in Menlo Park
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2023
BrainMind funds Richard Isaacson’s work on novel Alzheimer’s blood biomarker research
Diana Saville authors chapter titled “Into the Wild: Reflecting on Neuroethics as Innovation Moves from the Laboratory to Society” in the book Ethics and Clinical Neuroinnovation
Ethics and Clinical Neuroinnovation. Roberts LW, editor. Online: Springer; 2023. Into the Wild: Reflecting on Neuroethics as Innovation Moves from the Laboratory to Society; p.195-208.
Anna Riggs and Hayley Sullivan join the BrainMind team full-time
BrainMind partners with Shift+Alt events for gathering production operations
Summits: BrainMind Summit at UCSF; Day of Dialogue: Mind Training in the Digital Era
Exemplary Gatherings: Pro Social AI Dinner in London; BrainMind(AI) Round Table in SF; LadyLand Brain Island in Point Reyes
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2024
BrainMind funds Judson Brewer’s OpenMind AI College Flourishing Program: College Journey AI
BrainMind funds Jay Sanguinetti’s novel neuromodulation therapeutic company, Sanmai Technologies, PBC
Summits: BrainMind Special Forum: Neuromodulation, BCI, and AI in NYC; BrainMind: Your Brain on Art in NYC
Exemplary Gatherings: Investing in Mind Science in Boston; Meditation Retreat in Big Sur; Five Fire Pit Night in Menlo Park
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2025
BrainMind funds Katharina Volz’s company, Teal Neuro
Audree Rumberger joins the BrainMind team full-time
Summits: BrainMind Science Collective in Menlo Park
Exemplary Gatherings: Investor Roundtable: Ethical Neuro-Innovation in Boston; BrainMind Startup Salon in Menlo Park; BrainMind @ JP in SF
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Co-Founding Team and Advisors
Michael McCullough
Founder and CEO
Reid Hoffman
Co-Founding Advisor
Diana Saville
Co-Founder, President
Laura Roberts
Original Core Advisor - Stanford Summits
Calvin Nguyen
Co-Founder
Ed Boyden
Original Core Advisor - MIT Summits