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Thank you for your interest in the Open Mind program with Thomas E. Brown, PhD, author of Healing the Modern Brain and Elizabeth Laugeson, PsyD, Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. This program was recorded and can be viewed on The Friends of the Semel Institute's YouTube Channel along with all past Open Mind programs sponsored by UCLA’s Friends of the Semel for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors. 

We invite you to join us on Sunday, April 27th in person at UCLA for the 5th annual Open Mind Film Festival for High School Students. Together we will view 13 outstanding short films selected by an esteemed panel of judges from over 300 submissions.  Actress Gia Carides will host the festivities.  Meet the next generation of talented filmmakers at the Open Mind Film Festival.  Make your reservation HERE NOW!

 

Our next virtual Open Mind program will be held on Thursday, May 1st 5-6PM PDT. Our featured speaker will be Debra Whitman, PhD, author of The Second Fifty - Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond.  Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, Professor -in -Residence in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA and a geriatric integrative psychiatrist will join in discussion. Register HERE

 

To see pictures from the recent Gen Z Wellness Summit sponsored by Friends of Semel Teen Advisory Council, please click HERE.

And lastly, if you are able, we would be grateful if you would consider making a donation of any amount in support of the Open Mind lecture and film series.  Much like public television and radio, we depend on your contributions to maintain our excellence in programming. DONATE HERE 

 

 

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