2017 Cohen Veterans Care Summit
Igniting the Spark was a public event that explored the full spectrum of challenges that veterans and others face in the wake of physical and emotional brain trauma. Global leaders in brain research and care will provided a “State of Affairs” in Brain Health – what we’ve accomplished, where we need to go and how we are going to get there.
Spark a Care Revolution was a closed event for public and private sector leadership to gather and advance the veterans brain health research agenda and clinical care delivery model. World-renowned brain health experts focused on advancements in bioscience, clinical treatment and precision medicine.
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2017 Speakers
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Paul Agnew Master Ontologist
ReactiveCore -
Arun Asok, PhD Neuroscientist
Columbia University, Department of Neuroscience -
Shelli Avenevoli, PhD Deputy Director
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) -
John Bardi Vice President, Government Affairs, & Digital Medicines Business Development
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. -
Rinad Beidas, PhD Assistant Professor
Director, Implementation Research
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine -
Patrick S.F. Bellgowan, PhD Program Director for TBI
NINDS / NIH -
Casey Bennett, PhD Chief Scientific Officer
Raiven Healthcare -
Brigadier General Donald Bolduc Commander of American Special Operations Forces in Africa (retired)
United States Army -
Daniella Brunner, PhD Founder and President
Early Signal Foundation -
Steven A. Cohen Chairman and CEO
Point72 Asset Management -
Laurel A. Copeland, PhD, MPH Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine
Texas A&M University Health Science Center -
Guilhem Dupont, MBA Founder and CEO
MyHealios -
Al Emondi, PhD Program Manager, Biological Technologies Office
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -
Marc Fishman, MD President
Maryland Treatment Centers
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine -
Dean Fixsen, PhD Senior Scientist
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -
Michael Freed, PhD, EMT-B Chief, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch Division of Services Intervention Research
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) -
Carolyn Furdek PT, DPT, CPT (retired)
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Allyson Gage, PhD Chief Medical Officer
Cohen Veterans Bioscience -
Lindsey Grandison, PhD National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Robert Grossman, PhD Chief Research Informatics Officer
University of Chicago -
Dallas Hack, MD, Colonel, US Army (Retired) Chief Strategy Officer
Cohen Veterans Bioscience -
Margaret Harrell, PhD Director of Programs and Partnerships
Bob Woodruff Foundation -
Bob Harward CEO
Lockheed Martin, United Arab Emirates -
Tom Herzog Chief Operating Officer
Netsmart -
Martin Hofmann-Apitius, PhD Head of Department
Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI -
Susan Huntington, JD, PA Counsel
Day Pitney, LLP -
Chuck Ingoglia, MSW Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Practice Improvement
National Council on Behavioral Health -
Kacie Kelly, MHS Program Director, Health & Wellness
George W. Bush Presidential Center -
Dave King Founder & CEO
Exaptive Inc. -
Patrick M. Kochanek, MD Ake N. Grenvik Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine -
Karestan Koenen, PhD Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health -
Harold Kudler, MD Chief Consultant for Mental Health Services
Veterans Health Administration -
Matt Kuntz, JD Executive Director
NAMI Montana -
Frank Larkin, MS US Senate Sergeant at Arms
United States Senate -
Seth Lederman, MD CEO and Chairman
Tonix Pharmaceuticals -
Brian L. Losey RADM, USN (ret) Partner
Shield AI Inc.
President
Commons Federated, LLC -
Brian Marx, PhD Psychologist and Researcher
VA National Center for PTSD, Boston University School of Medicine -
Dennis McGurk, PhD, Colonel, US Army Director of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program
US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command -
Thomas Meyer Director, Veteran Services
The Philanthropy Roundtable -
Rep. Tim Murphy, PhD United States House of Representatives
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Roger Murry Executive Director
Coalition to Heal Invisible Wounds -
Chris Nowinski, PhD Co-founder & CEO
Concussion Legacy Foundation -
Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts Medal of Honor Recipient, Veteran
United States Army -
Rachel Ramoni, DMD, ScD Chief Research and Development Officer
US Department of Veterans Affairs -
Jeff Richardson, MA, MBA President & CEO
Mosaic Community Services -
Michael C. Richardson, MA Mental Health Vice President
Wounded Warrior Project -
Ekemini Riley, PhD Associate Director
Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy -
Rep. Phil Roe, MD Chairman, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
United States House of Representatives -
Craig S. Rosen, PhD Deputy Director
National Center for PTSD Dissemination & Training Division
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine -
Linda Rosenberg, MSW President & CEO
National Council for Behavioral Health -
Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD Director, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
Emory University School of Medicine -
Warren Sapp Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Crystal Shelton, MSSW, LCSW Vice President, Clinical Programs
Cohen Veterans Network -
Bradley D. Stein, MD, MPH, PhD Senior Physician Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation -
Dietrich A. Stephan, PhD Chairman, Department of Human Genetics
University of Pittsburgh -
David Stiffler, MD Medical Director
The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic -
James Stone, MD, PhD Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
University of Virginia -
Terri Tanielian, MA Senior Behavioral Scientist
RAND Corporation -
Sergeant Kyle White Medal of Honor Recipient
United States Army
Spokesman
Cohen Veterans Network
