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This month we're spotlighting members of the One Mind community who are living out our mission—meet Dr. Hilary Marusak.⁠ Hilary Marusak, PhD, is a developmental neuroscientist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. In 2024, she was named a One Mind Rising Star in Mental Health Research for her pioneering work investigating adolescent suicide risk and the role of the endocannabinoid system in brain development and emotional regulation. Supported by a $300,000 grant, her research seeks to identify biological markers that better predict risk and inform targeted interventions for vulnerable youth.⁠ Through leadership of the THINK Lab and the Division of Cannabinoids in Neurodevelopment (CANDID), Dr. Marusak advances research in pediatric anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and neurodevelopment. Beyond the lab, she mentors trainees and champions science communication and public engagement to reduce stigma and translate discovery into impact.⁠ For 20 years, the Rising Star Awards have invested early in bold ideas and exceptional scientists like Dr. Marusak. Since 2005, One Mind has supported 54 awardees across 37 leading institutions, investing more than $14 million in breakthrough science spanning major mental health conditions.⁠ ⁠Learn more: onemind.org/what-we-do/one… #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #Psychology #Research #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #Science #OneMind #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMonth #MHAM2026

Congratulations to Motif Neurotech on receiving FDA approval to begin a feasibility trial for their brain implant for treatment-resistant depression! @motifneuro was part of the 2023 One Mind Accelerator cohort, and watching them reach this milestone is exactly why we do this work. Founded by @JTRobinsonLab, the team has pioneered a remarkable approach: a blueberry-sized device implanted in the skull that delivers targeted brain stimulation, activated simply by wearing a hat. It's the kind of innovation that sounds like science fiction until it isn't. Treatment-resistant depression affects millions of people who have exhausted conventional options. Motif is working to change that, and today, they're one important step closer. ▶︎ Read more via STAT News: statnews.com/2026/04/27/mot… #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #OneMindAccelerator #Neurotech #Innovation #Depression #MedTech

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year, One Mind CEO Kathleen M. Pike is asking us to sit with a question that's both simple and demanding: What does it mean to live defiantly joyful?⁠ ⁠ In her latest letter, Dr. Pike reflects on how real progress in mental health, the kind happening right now, here at One Mind, in research labs, treatment rooms, and communities, asks something of all of us in return. Not just awareness, but intention.⁠ ⁠ Read her full letter: onemind.org/letters-from-t… Comment below with your own thoughts! ⬇️⁠ #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMonth #MentalHealth

The 7th Annual Peace of Mind Walk is just one month away—and we'd love for YOU to be part of it! Join us on Sunday, May 31st, 2026 at the beautiful @AlmaRosaWines Estate, as we walk together in support of mental health! Since 2020, Alma Rosa Winery has raised over $1.2M for One Mind & Mental Wellness Center. This year, our team: Healthy Minds for All, aims to raise $10,000. Will you help us reach our goal? Donate & register: give.mentalwellnesscenter.org/team/821547 💡 Learn more: onemind.org/events/peace-o… 🔁 Sharing this post! @StaglinWine #PeaceOfMindWalk #OneMind #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthyMindsForAll #MentalWellness #WalkForMentalHealth #SantaBarbara #AlmaRosa

How can we move beyond one-size-fits-all mental health care? In this clip, Dr. Neir Eshel, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Awardee and Assistant Professor at @Stanford, shares his vision for precision psychiatry guided by brain circuits. Dr. Eshel’s One Mind-funded research aims to better understand how specific neural pathways influence behavior, with the goal of developing more targeted, effective treatments for individuals living with mental health conditions. By aligning interventions with the underlying biology of each patient, this work has the potential to transform how we diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders. ⭐Applications for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards have now closed. Learn more about the program at onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 🎥 Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_t7UZV… #OneMind #MentalHealth #Neuroscience #Research #RisingStar

📣 Final call to apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards! For over two decades, One Mind has supported researchers advancing our understanding of the brain. Through the Rising Star Awards, we’ve funded 54 innovative scientists and awarded more than $14M to accelerate mental health research. Now, we’re looking for the next cohort. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 📅 Applications close TONIGHT, April 27, 2026, at 9PM PT #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

Employing people with lived mental health experience benefits both individuals and organizations. So why are most workplaces still unprepared to support them? In our latest Lived Experience Blog post, One Mind Co-Founder and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer Brandon Staglin (@BStaglin) opens with a candid account of navigating corporate culture while recovering from schizophrenia, then turns to what One Mind and a growing community of organizations (@CURESZorg, @sczaction, @fountainhouse) are building to change that. ▶︎ Learn more about One Mind's Flourish@Work initiative by reading the full post: onemind.org/lived-experien… #LivedExperience #MentalHealthAtWork #WorkplaceInclusion #MentalHealthAdvocacy #FlourishAtWork

What if we could design therapies starting from the smallest building blocks of the brain? Dr. Edward Twomey, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient and Assistant Professor at @HopkinsMedicine (@JohnsHopkins), studies how neurons communicate at the molecular level. His work is helping define how these systems function and how they might be precisely targeted to restore brain health. Looking ahead, his research aims to enable new classes of therapeutics by identifying where and how to intervene at the molecular level, laying the foundation for more targeted treatments. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 📅 Applications close April 27, 2026 by 9PM PT 🎥 Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=emLBWp… #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

Big news for the behavioral health field AND for the One Mind Accelerator portfolio. 🚀 @ARPA_H has announced the first research teams selected for EVIDENT, a $139 million initiative to transform behavioral health & bring more precise, effective treatments to Americans. We are incredibly proud that 3 One Mind Accelerator companies are among those chosen: Attune Neurosciences, @motifneuro, and @Holobiome_Inc. This recognition is a testament to the groundbreaking science these teams are advancing, and to the urgent need to reimagine how we understand and treat mental health conditions. The future of behavioral health is being built right now. We couldn't be more honored to support the innovators leading the way. ▶︎ Read the full announcement here: arpa-h.gov/news-and-event… #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth #HealthInnovation #Neuroscience #HealthTech

What if mental health treatment could be guided by the brain’s circuitry? Dr. Moses Lee, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient and Assistant Professor at @UCSFPsychiatry (@UCSF) , is part of a growing shift in psychiatry, using brain-based approaches like stimulation and circuit mapping to better understand and treat conditions like OCD. As he notes, these approaches reflect a broader transformation in the field: recognizing mental health conditions as disorders of neural circuits and training the next generation of clinicians to think in these terms, an evolution that has accelerated over just the past 10-20 years. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 📅 Applications close April 27, 2026 by 9PM PT 🎥 Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=ingXEQ… #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

What if we could better understand how the brain changes, not just in illness, but across the course of our lives? 🧠 Dr. Annegret Falkner, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient and Assistant Professor at @PrincetonNeuro (@Princeton), is developing tools to track how brain activity evolves as hormone levels shift, helping move the field toward more dynamic, real-time insights into mental health. Her work also points toward a broader future: understanding how these biological changes shape not only vulnerability to mood disorders, but also cognitive function during healthy aging. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 📅 Applications close April 27, 2026 by 9PM PT 🎥 Watch the full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=qfRAjg… #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

Understanding depression starts with understanding motivation. 🧠 Dr. Neir Eshel, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient and Assistant Professor at @Stanford, studies the brain circuits that regulate motivation, one of the most disabling features of depression. Using clinical research alongside animal models, his work connects observable symptoms with the underlying neural activity that drives them. Dr. Eshel’s perspective highlights a broader need in the field: bridging insights from brain science with clinical practice to ensure discoveries meaningfully improve patient care. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 📅 Applications close April 27, 2026 by 9PM PT 🎥 Watch the full interview with Dr. Eshel & One Mind CEO Kathleen M Pike, PhD: youtube.com/watch?v=_t7UZV… #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

We’re excited to share that One Mind CEO Kathleen M. Pike, PhD was recently featured in an interview with NationSwell as part of their Impact Next series. In this thoughtful conversation, Dr. Pike explores what it takes to translate momentum in mental health into lasting, scalable impact, highlighting the importance of science-driven solutions, cross-sector collaboration, and a clear focus on what truly works for people. Read the full article here: nationswell.com/impact-next-an… #MentalHealth #Leadership #SocialImpact #Innovation #OneMind

The final day of the 2026 One Mind Accelerator closing week marked the culmination of an incredible journey, bringing the cohort together for Demo Day! The day began with breakfast at Baylands Café in Palo Alto, followed by a group walk along the Baylands, offering a moment to connect, recharge, and reflect ahead of the day’s events. The afternoon opened with the Frontiers in Mental Health Summit, featuring remarks from CEO of @OneMindOrg, Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, and a series of forward-looking discussions on the future of the field. From market trends and opportunities with Hemingway Founder @thesteveduke, to emerging insights on metabolic psychiatry, brain-computer interfaces, and neuroadaptive intelligence from Drs. Scott C. Fears (@Amae_Health & @UCLA), @SumnerLN (@merge), @MaryamShanechi (@USC), and @NinaVasan, MD, MBA (@Stanford), the session highlighted the innovation shaping what’s next in mental health.

Day 2 of the 2026 One Mind Accelerator closing week focused on preparation, storytelling, and connection as founders gear up for Demo Day. After breakfast the day began with a Demo Day dress rehearsal, giving founders the opportunity to refine their pitches and messaging ahead of their final presentations. Late morning featured a special fireside conversation with entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author, Tim Ferriss (@tferriss). "Take your pain and create your medicine," Ferriss shared, offering insights on performance, resilience, and building with intention.

Closing week of the 2026 One Mind Accelerator kicked off yesterday at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA, bringing the cohort back together to reflect, refine, and prepare for what’s ahead. The day began with breakfast followed by a welcome from the One Mind team, including remarks from One Mind's Chief Innovation Officer, Pushkar Joshi, PhD, CEO Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, and Co-Founder & Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Brandon Staglin (@BStaglin), who set the stage for the week ahead and the milestones to come.

What if we could target loss of control at the level of the brain? Dr. Laura Berner, a 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient, focuses her research on eating disorders such as binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. She studies the brain circuits involved in self-control, particularly how disruptions in these systems contribute to a sense of loss of control. Her work points toward a broader future: applying this approach across conditions, such as OCD, substance use, and gambling, where similar challenges with control emerge. By targeting shared brain mechanisms, this research helps advance more precise approaches to treatment. 🌟 Apply for the 2026 One Mind Rising Star Awards by April 27, 2026: onemind.org/rising-star-aw… 🎥 Watch the full interview with Dr. Berner and One Mind CEO Dr. Kathleen Pike: youtube.com/watch?v=yDStUL… #Psychiatry #Psychology #Neuroscience #OneMind #MentalHealth #ResearchFunding #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #EarlyCareerResearchers #MentalHealthResearch

The 32nd One Mind Music Festival, presented by @BankofAmerica and Bristol Myers Squibb (@bmsnews), will be held at Staglin Family Vineyard (@StaglinWine) on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. To register and to learn more about the festival and sponsorship opportunities, please visit music-festival.org. #OneMind #MentalHealthMatters #EndTheStigma #MentalHealth

For more than 30 years, incredible artists have lit up the One Mind Music Festival stage—watch a recap video highlighting talent from over the years: youtube.com/watch?v=x9PVIc… #Music4BrainHealth #MusicFestival #TheFray #NapaEvents

🥁 DRUMROLL PLEASE! We’re excited to announce the headliner for the 2026 One Mind Music Festival… 🎶 The Fray will take the stage at our 32nd annual festival! The Colorado-bred band rose to fame with their signature emotionally rich, cinematic alt-rock sound and chart-topping hits like How to Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car), and You Found Me. 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now at music-festival.org.