Many Brains Project Inc

TO ACCELERATE RESEARCH ON THE MIND AND BRAIN BY DEVELOPING RESEARCH TOOLS THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS.

IN FY22, WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR SUPPORT OF THE FREE RESOURCES WE CREATED IN FY21 IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ALLOWING RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS TO CONDUCT VIRTUAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS IN CLINICAL CARE AND RESEARCH. MANY BRAINS HAS CONDUCTED THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: (1) DEDICATED RESOURCES TO THE MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF A FREE, ONLINE DIGITAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY TOOLKIT FOR USE BY CLINICIANS AND RESEARCHERS. THIS HAS HAD STEADY USE AND DEVOTED SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO HELPING SUPPORT FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH STUDIES TRANSITIONING TO VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS. THUS FAR, ACCESS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY OVER 1300 RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS, AND FY22 HAS SEEN OVER 4,000 CLINICAL EVALUATION BATTERIES CREATED THROUGH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND OVER 15,000 TEST COMPLETIONS. (2) DEDICATED RESOURCES TO THE MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OPEN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PAGE. THIS PAGE INCLUDES FREELY AVAILABLE COGNITIVE ASSESSMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING CURATED OPEN DATASETS THAT ALLOW STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND RESEARCHERS TO EXPLORE NORMATIVE PERFORMANCE AND AID IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF COGNITIVE TEST DATA FROM THEIR OWN WORK. THIS IS IN USE AT OVER 400 SITES INTERNATIONALLY AND OVER 5,800 TEST COMPLETIONS IN FY22 ALONE. (3) SUPPORTED THE CONTINUED DIGITIZATION OF RESEARCH STUDIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC. WE HAVE ENGAGED IN SPONSORED RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH STUDIES THAT ARE ONGOING AND SEEK TO USE COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN HEALTH AND DISEASES. NOTABLY, WE SUPPORTED SEVERAL LARGE STUDIES SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE LONG-TERM COGNITIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF COVID19, HELPING TO ADVANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT OF COVID19 ON MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH. MANY OF THE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT ARE HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS WITH MAJOR INVESTMENT FROM THE US NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. IN FY22, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ENGAGED IN SPONSORED RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT MAJOR PROJECTS IN HEALTH AND SCIENCE THAT INCLUDED: (1) THE EARLY PSYCHOSIS INTERVENTION NETWORK, A NATIONAL LEARNING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR EARLY PSYCHOSIS THAT IS IMPROVING CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSIS AND CONDUCTING LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH BASED IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (2) THE ALL OF US RESEARCH PROGRAM, AN NIH LED PROGRAM THAT IS DEVELOPING THE MOST DIVERSE HEALTH DATABASE IN HISTORY, TO LEARN ABOUT HOW BIOLOGY, LIFESTYLE AND ENVIRONMENT IMPACT HEALTH WITH THE GOAL OF TREATING AND PREVENTING DISEASE. (3) THE NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF ADOLESCENT TO ADULT HEALTH, WHICH IS FOLLOWING 10,000 PEOPLE ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW BRAIN AND COGNITIVE CHANGES CAN LEAD TO ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DEMENTIAS. (4) MANY BRAINS CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE BOSTON VETERANS ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE TOOLS FOR VETERANS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES TO ASSESS THEIR COGNITION AND PERCEPTION THROUGH A PROJECT FUNDED BY THE VA. NEW DATASETS AND COGNITIVE MEASURES WERE UPLOADED TO THE OPEN SCIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR BROADER DISSEMINATION (SUPPORTED BY THE 501C3 CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE). THE PUBLIC WEBSITE (TESTMYBRAIN.ORG) THAT PROVIDES EVERYDAY PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR MIND / BRAIN CONTINUED TO BE ACTIVE AND HAD 139,941 VISITORS WHO ACCESSED EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ABOUT THE MIND / BRAIN AND PARTICIPATED IN RESEARCH STUDIES WHERE THEY RECEIVED THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED RESEARCH DATA BACK AT THE END OF THEIR PARTICIPATION. THE PUBLIC WEBSITE REPRESENTS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, AND MCLEAN HOSPITAL. SOFTWARE SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY THE MANY BRAINS PROJECT.