The University of Texas at Dallas - Center for BrainHealth

The University of Texas at Dallas Center for BrainHealth is a renowned research and treatment institute focused exclusively on brain health for all. The Center's life-improving mission: to understand, protect, and heal the human brain.

 

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Center for BrainHealth Group Gets High-Profile Launch Support from Former First Lady

Former First Lady Laura W. Bush made a special visit to the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth last week to help launch a new endeavor called the Think Ahead Group, or TAG. Mrs. Bush, who lost her father to Alzheimer’s disease, discussed with guests her commitment to brain research and treatment.

TAG members hope to raise awareness about brain health through the engagement, education, and enlistment of younger generations. TAG will also raise funds for Center research. The group’s mission statement: Think Big. Think Bold. Think BrainHealth.

“We know how to keep other parts of our bodies healthy: our heart, teeth, skin. The reality is, more can be done to modify the brain than any other part of the body – yet as a society, we do almost nothing,” said Sarah Monning (pictured below, with TAG Executive and Advisory Board members), who cofounded TAG with Maggie Flagg. “TAG was created as a way for a new generation to begin educating its members on what it means to have a healthy brain.”

About 300 people attended the TAG launch event Thursday night, Oct. 1, at the Center, where they mingled with Mrs. Bush after her talk. The invited guests learned about new research projects from Center clinicians and scientists, who demonstrated their work in such areas as brain imaging, virtual training for people with autism, and the Center’s BrainHealth Physical for cognitive assessment. “All of us have parents or grandparents with issues being addressed by the Center for BrainHealth, or friends with children that have brain issues,” guest Ryan Johnson said after Mrs. Bush’s supportive talk.

Dr. Sandi Chapman, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth, said TAG’s energy and leadership will be essential to helping the Center become the world’s leading brain research institute in the next 10 years. Read more.

Over the past two years researchers at the Center for BrainHealth have studied strategic learning abilities in children with ADHD/ADD. This research led to the discovery that more than 90% of the children tested were not performing strategic learning as well as their typically developing peers.