Global Brain Health in Practice

Join us for a day of shared learning, storytelling, and connection to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

All events are in-person events at UCSF Mission Bay. The Leadership in Action: Global Brain Health Satellite Sessions is also available to join online via Zoom.

This day highlights how brain health work is being advanced in communities around the world through collaboration, creativity, and shared purpose.

Throughout the day, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Pacific, experience art displays featuring Creativity in the Community – Arts and Health with Older Adults led by Creative Minds.

The day begins with Leadership in Action: Global Brain Health Satellite Sessions, a live, international exchange connecting five regions where Atlantic Fellows are leading work. Participants will hear insights and reflections from Uganda, the Oceania region, Peru, Argentina, and France and Francophone countries, in dialogue with GBHI faculty and leadership.

The program continues with In Conversation: Building Teams for Change with Mamphela Ramphele, MBChB, PhD, exploring how teams can work together with courage, creativity, and compassion to advance health equity. Midday activities include lunch and opportunities for informal connection and reflection.

The day concludes with Short Films: Global Perspectives on Brain Health, a screening and panel discussion featuring short films by Atlantic Fellows from diverse settings that highlight resilience, care, and innovation in brain health.

Across sessions, the day offers a space to learn from one another, share experiences, and explore how ideas are put into practice in different contexts around the world.

Program Schedule

Throughout the day, beginning at 7:30 a.m. PT, experience art displays featuring Creativity in the Community – Arts and Health with Older Adults led by the Creative Minds program directed by Gloria Aguirre and Serggio Lanata, MD, MS, in the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center and Arts Workshops for Older Latino Adults at the de Young Museum, a Pilot Awards Project led by Verónica Rojas, MFA, Artist and Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

7:30–8:00 a.m.
Breakfast

8:00–9:30 a.m.
Leadership in Action: Global Brain Health Satellite Sessions (in person and via Zoom)
Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158
Also available online. [Learn more about this event]

9:30–10:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

10:15–11:15 a.m.
In Conversation: Building Teams for Change with Mamphela Ramphele, MBChB, PhD
Physician, scholar, and global leader in social change
Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium
600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

11:30–12:00 p.m.
Open Space for Art Exhibit and Awe Walks
Team Reflection (GBHI Community Members)
Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium and Koret Quad
600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

12:00–1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Community Building
Koret Quad
Gene Friend Way & 4th St., San Francisco, CA 94158

1:30–3:00 p.m.
Short Films: Global Perspectives on Brain Health
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Pottruck Auditorium, Rock Hall
1550 4th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158

Co-sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, Northern California and Nevada Chapter.

• Mental Resilience (Paul Animbom Ngong, PhD)
• Koko Suzanne (Zach Bandler with Emmanuel Epenge, MD)
• My Brain Robbie (Eléonore Bayen, MD, PhD)
• Citizen Brain (Josh Kornbluth)
• The Hospital He Calls Home (Michelle Memran with David Brodie-Mends)