Healthy Brain Aging Initiative: Advancing Healthy Brains and Minds
Cognitive and behavioral impairments are complex public health, social and economic problems that demand a bold response. UC Davis has a vision to radically change how both science and society view brain aging—a paradigm shift to study cognitive health across the lifespan, and a cultural shift toward a positive, proactive focus on improving brain health at every age.
Breaking down traditional barriers between research and practice, and uniting our strengths in neuroscience across the university, the Healthy Brain Aging Initiative will advance novel approaches to optimize brain health from birth—dramatically improving brain aging for those of us getting older now, and shifting the trajectory of brain aging for the next generation.
Co-leading the Healthy Brain Aging Initiative, the Center for Neuroscience’s research teams are making discoveries with global impact and translating our findings into treatments and therapies that will improve the lives of people worldwide. From the molecular origins of learning to the wearable tech helping people enhance memory, the Center for Neuroscience brings together experts across the disciplines to catalyze discovery and advance treatments to enhance cognitive health and quality of life for all.
Gifts to the Center for Neuroscience’s Healthy Brain Aging Research Fund will support innovative research that reveal the remarkable complexity of the brain and catalyze new treatments to promote and improve brain health throughout the lifespan.