The Art & Science of Strategic Health Innovation. TM 

The HAS Conference Agenda 26 will center on advancing interdisciplinary approaches to human health by bridging diverse fields to deepen our understanding of the brain. It promotes a unified vision in which science explains, art expresses, and health enables the Well-being of human life.

The conference will highlight non-invasive strategies for addressing neurological disorders, with a particular focus on neurodegenerative diseases. Sessions will examine neural decline and dysfunction alongside pharmaceutical innovations designed to protect neurons and slow disease progression.

The agenda will also explore how venture capital drives breakthroughs in brain health, supporting startups, advancing translational research, and accelerating the development of novel therapies and technologies. In parallel, it will examine the growing role of artificial intelligence in brain health and the broader human experience.

Across all themes, the conference will emphasize access, prevention, and health equity as essential pillars improving and shaping the future of patient care.

GYÖRGY BUZSÁKI, MD, PhD
Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience NYU Langone School of Medicine. 

WILLIAM J. ARNONE

Former CEO - National Academy of Social Insurance

ANLI A. LIU
Associate Professor of Neurology.Principal Investigator of the NYU Memory and Neuromodulation Laboratory.

ARSHIA QASIM AHMAD
Neurologist - Founder & Executive Director of the Barkaat Art Foundation.

ARUN SWAMINATHAN
CEO-COYA Therapeutics

BRENT LOLLIS

Founder-CEO, SYNCOG.AI

BORYS SHOR
Director at Manhattan Bio Solutions Inc

BRIAN MEHLING
Founder-Chief Medical Officer

Blue Horizon International

CHRYSTEE XING
Investor & Venture Scout Advantary Capital Partners

DANIEL KLAMER
Vice President, Business Development & Scientific Strategy, Anavex Life Sciences

EDWARD W. LARGE
Professor at UCONN

Co-Founder-CEO 
at Oscillo Biosciences

ELLYN ITO
CEO-Co-Founder at Innerstill

GRAIG SUVANNAVEJH
Managing Director, Mizuho Securities USA 

HUBERT CHARLES DELANY
CRO-SYNCOG.AI

JONATHAN CARROLL 
Board-Certified Physical Therapist. Valley View center for Nursing care and Rehabilitation 

LINDSEY ZEICHNER
Clinical Scientist 

MARIA BLEKHER

Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Serendipity Impact VC

ROWSHANAK HASHEMIYOON
Behavioral Computational 
Clinical Neuroscientist
Founder-Access to the Path 

RAMANI RAMCHANDRAN
President-Founder CIAN

SERGEI PETUKHOV
Biotech Investor Founder-Ludicrous Ventures

SAMUEL LOPEZ
Certified Coach-National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and American Council on Exercise (ACE)

TROY DUNNIWAY
COO​-SYNCOG.AI 

VICTORIA ZYULINA
Physician-Scientist & Assistant Professor Department Microbiology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

WALTER OLESIAK
Operating Partner at Remiges Ventures

JASMINE SILVAGNOLI,

DNP, AGNP, BC

Miss Cosmo New York USA 2025.

BRIAN DERSHOWITZ

Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, NewYork-BIO

KEREN IMBER
Founder-Principal Consultant of Sofonix Consulting Marketing Strategy and Medical Affairs

HAS Foundation exists to support patients and families as they navigate neurological and neurodegenerative disorders — with compassion, with science, and with full recognition of their humanity

• Financial assistance for families and caregivers who cannot access therapeutic or rehabilitative resources
• Care navigation - connecting patients and families to the right people, resources, and systems
• Advocacy for unrepresented patients: those without family, legal surrogates, or advocates
• Guardianship facilitation and advance directive planning
• Non-clinical guidance and community support throughout the care journey

• Bridging the gap between scientific research, pharmaceutical development, and the patients and families who need to find each other
• Connecting patients to clinical trials; connecting researchers to communities they are not reaching
• Convening scientists, clinicians, artists, innovators, and investors in genuine collaboration
• Raising public awareness and translating emerging research into accessible understanding
• Promoting neuroplasticity research and evidence-based rehabilitative approaches 

INDIVIDUAL

You must be 18 years old or older to volunteer. 

HAS Foundation provides meaningful opportunities for individuals to volunteer and make a difference for anyone affected by Neurological and Neurodegenerative disorders.  Volunteers support our programs through administrative work, leading workshops, community outreach, and special events. 

Click below to register or email us at: 

Lsmith@hasfund.org

CORPORATE & ORGANIZATION

Corporate and Small Groups are an important part of the HAS Fund community. Whether helping with events, leading workshops, supporting outreach, or fundraising, groups play a meaningful role in making a difference. .

Click below to register or email us at: 
Lsmith@hasfund.org 

HAS FUND RUNNERS

Be Part of Our Spring Running Event 2026. Build community, share experiences, and celebrate performance.

Participants come from all ages, backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels. Some race to achieve a personal best; others take their time, run-walk the course, or walk the full distance—regardless, everyone belongs on our team. What unites us is a shared commitment to community, compassion, and ensuring that no one faces neurological and neurodegenerative disorders alone, and over all support the whole person health with care.