Adam Gazzaley — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Invented the first video game cleared by the FDA.
David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at UC San Francisco.
Founder & Executive Director of Neuroscape at UCSF, a translational neuroscience center.
Co-founder of Akili, a company developing therapeutic video games.
Co-founder of JAZZ Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in experiential technology.
Co-authored "The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World" (2016), winner of the 2017 PROSE Award.
Wrote and hosted the nationally televised PBS special "The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley."

Biography

Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D., is the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at UC San Francisco. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center at UCSF focused on technology creation and scientific research for novel brain assessment and optimization approaches.

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