OBI Public Talk — Mental Health in the Age of Prevention

When:

- Date: Wednesday, November 25, 2026
- Time: 6 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
- Registration: Online | In-Person (Downtown Toronto, ON)

About the event:

Join us as we discuss the shift in mental health care from crisis response to prevention, and the role of research in this change.

Progress in brain health research is easy to underestimate, until you zoom out. Year to year, the steps can feel small. But over a decade, the change is profound: new discoveries, new treatments, and a fundamental shift in how society understands conditions that affect millions of people. The Evolution of Brain Health traces that longer arc across three talks, each focusing on a single topic to explore how far we've come, what the science tells us today, and where it's taking us next.

For much of recent history, mental health care meant responding to crisis. That is changing. Research is uncovering the biological roots of conditions like depression and anxiety, from inflammation to the gut-brain connection, while society is bringing mental health out of the shadows and into mainstream conversation.

The next frontier is prevention: new treatments, digital tools, and holistic lifestyle approaches that can identify risk earlier, intervene sooner, and fundamentally change what care looks like for millions of people.

What to expect:

This is the second of three talks in OBI's 2026-2027 Evolution of Brain Health series. Each one looks at a different area of brain health: where it started, where it stands today, and where it's heading.

About the speakers:

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