Media: NBC 10 WJAR – The Brain Donor Project
In 2022, in partnership with the American Brain Coalition, the Brain Donor Project launched May 7th as National Brain Donation Awareness Day with support from a bipartisan Congressional Resolution (H. Res. 1069) introduced by Neuroscience Caucus chair, Rep. Earl Blumenaur (D-OR-03) and co-lead Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01).
Podcast: Voices for the Brain – American Brain Coalition, Episode 8 – The Brain Donor Project
Listen in as Katie Sale, American Brain Coalition’s Executive Director, and Tish Hevel, Founder and CEO of the Brain Donor Project, discuss the importance of post-mortem brain tissue donation and how it impacts research and hope for future discoveries and cures.
Podcast: This is Growing Old – Alliance for Aging Research, “Exploring Brain Donation with Tish Hevel”
Tish sat down with Katie Riley, VP of Communications for the Alliance of Aging Research, to discuss the critical need for brain donation and the importance of neuroscience research for future generations.
WINK News (CBS, Southwest Florida)”Florida family creates dementia research program honoring their late father”
Medical reporter Amy Oshier interviews Tish about why she founded the Brain Donor Project and how the donation process works.
How Brain Donation Can Help Scientists Understand Dementia, Mental Illness and More
National Council on Aging (ncoa.org). Neuroscientists say there simply is no substitute for donated brain tissue when it comes to finding answers about brain disease.
Webinar: American Brain Coalition – Ensuring Underserved Populations are Included in Brain Donation
The need for donated human brain tissue is more critical than ever – neuroscientists are making great strides in the search for treatments and cures for brain disease. Still, most Americans aren’t aware of how necessary brain donation is, and many have incorrect assumptions about brain donation.
Webinar: Research! America – Discussion with Tish Hevel, CEO of The Brain Donor Project
Tish Hevel, CEO of The Brain Donor Project joined us for a discussion on brain donation. In concert with the NeuroBioBank of the National Institutes of Health, The Brain Donor Project is the leading organization working to increase awareness and facilitate brain donation in pursuit of faster neurological scientific breakthroughs.
Podcast: International Essential Tremor Foundation Talking about the Brain Donor Project
Tish Hevel, CEO of the Brain Donor Project, explains the process of becoming a brain donor. Brain donation is critical to the role of identifying treatments and cures for all kinds of brain disease, including essential tremor.
Webinar – Perspectives in FTD Research: Brain Donation – Who, What, When and Why
Brain donation is crucial in advancing the science of FTD. But navigating the donation process can be complicated. How does a person donate their brain, and to whom?
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.
