Eyre took part in a two-day program hosted by the Business Collaborative for Brain Health, an alliance of private sector partners developing effective solutions to optimize cognitive health. The event brought together experts from two of Houston’s largest industries: energy and health care.
Global business and policy leaders met in Houston to discuss strategies to establish the region as the global epicenter for brain health research, workforce development and innovation. Key initiatives specific to Texas and a series of recommendations for improving brain health developed during the two-day meeting, and they were taken to the Calgary, Canada G7 Summit in June.
Eyre says a national commitment to improve the U.S. population’s brain health through research, education and investment can provide economic benefits. He suggests an interdisciplinary and multisectoral approach, adding that borrowing from the American Heart Association's model for heart health, including public education, advocacy and research, could be adapted for brain health.
Eyre highlighted among a group of Rice University experts who specialize in cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research in the emerging field of brain health.
Psychologist Ian MacRae and physician and neuroscientist Dr. Harris Eyre explore a framework that can be used to translate the findings of psychological research into social change.