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We are excited to announce that Dr. Stephanie Peabody, founder and Executive Director of the Brain Health Initiative headquarted in the Suncoast region, will be our Keynote Speaker. Dr. Peabody will share the science of lifestyle medicine and the implications of promoting and protecting brain health, optimizing brain performance, and reducing the risk of brain illness for all ages. The buffet-style dinner will feature a brain-healthy menu, selected by Stephanie in concert with the The Meadows Country Club Culinary staff, with take-home information sheets on the science behind the selections.

Dr. Stephanie Peabody is a neuropsychologist with more than 25 years of experience as a clinician and program designer, consistently working to improve outcomes in brain health, development, aging, and performance at the individual and community level.

“Brain health IS health. While brain illness affects at least one-in-five individuals’ brains across their lifespan, brain health is about all of us.

The average individual now lives longer than ever before; however, our brains aren’t keeping up with our lifespans. The brain health choices we make today, from what we eat, to what we think, and how we interact with our environment could change our physical, mental, and cognitive health, for better or worse, now and in the future”… Dr. Peabody

Stephanie Peabody is a neuropsychologist with more than 25 years of experience as a clinician and program designer, consistently working to improve outcomes in brain health, development, aging, and performance at the individual and community level. In collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, and scientists and clinicians across the Harvard campus, she is the creator and Founding Director of the Brain Health Initiative. https://brainhealthinitiative.org/ Dr. Peabody has designed and led multiple courses at Harvard and a cross-campus collaborative coaching psychology cluster of multiple academic courses focused on the science and application of health, wellness,  and lifestyle medicine, with a focus on brain health.   Dr. Peabody conducts research, teaches, and advises Harvard undergraduate and graduate students as well as a large intercontinental cohort of Brain Health Scholars representing more than 30 high schools, and undergraduate, graduate, and medical school programs from across the country.  Dr. Peabody is an international brain health specialist and is often called upon to serve on expert panels and consult on national and worldwide brain health initiatives.