Alvaro Fernandez, CEO of
SharpBrains, recently sent me an email blast and described One Mind for Research as “…an independent, non-profit organization
bringing together health care providers, researchers, academics and the health
care industry on a global scale with the goal to rapidly develop new treatments
and cures for all illnesses and disorders of the brain.”
Yes, that seems like a tall
order, but it also sounds like something Daniel Burnham would say, so I Googled
One Mind for Research and found this on
the front page of their website:
“THE PROBLEM
Brain disorders affect more
than 60 million Americans—that is more than one in four Americans suffering
from mental illness or brain injury. From Autism and Alzheimer’s disease to
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS), brain ailments
cost the U.S. close to $1 trillion each year.
Insufficient funding for research, slowness in developing new, effective
treatments, and the extreme social stigma associated with brain disease and
injury result in this being the BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO HEALTH CARE
TODAY. Cancer
and heart disease affect far fewer people, yet receive three to five times more
funding support than brain diseases.
THE
SOLUTION
A revolutionary change in the way brain research is funded, combining private philanthropy, government funding, and corporate investment with policy improvement that accelerate the research-to-cure time frame exponentially. This is the mission of ONE MIND.”
A revolutionary change in the way brain research is funded, combining private philanthropy, government funding, and corporate investment with policy improvement that accelerate the research-to-cure time frame exponentially. This is the mission of ONE MIND.”
Great stuff,
efforts that will help everybody and anybody impacted by brain issues: from
brain diseases to brain injuries. Here’s a link to their website to learn more:
http://1mind4research.org/
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