Video: Dementia Action Alliance – Organ Donor Does Not Mean Brain Donor – What You Need to Know
Tish Hevel with host Laurie Scherrer discuss why brain donation is important and how to donate your brain. Signing as an organ donor does not donate your brain. This simple process can help the neurological science field in so many ways.
Podcast: Coming Home Well – Sgt. Cody Bates: The Importance of his Pledge for Brain Donation
Tish Hevel talks with Sgt. Thomas Cody Bank on his commitment to donate his brain for neuroscience research.
Podcast: Behind the Service – Semper Fi and America’s Fund on Brain Donation
Tish is joined today by Suzanne Waddingham, a registered nurse with the Semper Fi & America’s Fund Visiting Nurse Program, to discuss brain donation.
Podcast: Coming Home Well – Gunny’s Warriors: Medical Hardships of War and Importance of Brain Donation
Tish talks with Tim Voss of Gunny’s Warriors about his head trauma and medical issues he struggles with from being in service.
Podcast: Do Good Better – Advancing Science through Brain Donation – The Brain Donor Project
The Brain Donor Project exists to increase brain donation to advance science, leading to the treatment and cure of neurological, neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. They’re here to increase awareness for and simplify the process of brain donation.
Podcast: Coming Home Well – GySgt. Ryan Pieraccini (USMC Retired) Creating His Legacy
Tish Hevel, Founder & CEO of the Brain Donor Project, is joined by Jan and Mike Pieraccini (founders of Gunny’s Warriors) to talk about their son Ryan’s wishes to create his legacy by donating his brain to research.
Science Friday: How SciFri Recruited New Brain Donors for Science
A live Q+A and radio broadcast inspired over 1,000 listeners to pledge their brains to scientific research. Future donors share their motivations and questions about brain donations.
Authority Magazine: Why & How Tish Hevel of the Brain Donor Project is Helping To Change Our World
Tish talks with Yitzi Weiner as part of his series, Social Impact Heroes, for Authority Magazine, about the Brain Donor Project
Podcast: Women & Wills – Donate Your Brain to Science
In this episode of Women & Wills, Tish Hevel, CEO and Founder of the Brain Donor Project, explains why donating brain tissue for basic research is an incredible gift.
Assoc of Migraine Disorders Podcast: Brain Donation? There Are More Benefits Than You Think
Tish Hevel and sister Annie McManis discuss BDP with Brain & Life magazine.
Congressional Briefing Recap
On Tuesday March 8th, we’ll be making our case that Congress should declare a National Brain Donation Awareness Day to ensure that neuroscientists have what they need to cure brain disease.
Science Friday – Why You Should Donate Your Brain to Science
Ever wonder what happens after you donate your brain to science? If you have a disease or disorder like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism, traumatic brain injuries, depression, it can be used to help researchers better understand the condition and potentially lead to new treatments.