BHI BRAIN HEALTH MATTERS! LECTURE SERIES: AN EVENING WITH ELIZABETH COMEN, MD

Join us for the Brain Health Matters!, a Brain Health Initiative lecture series dedicated to improving our community’s awareness of brain health. In this special session, Dr. Stephanie Peabody will host Dr. Elizabeth Comen—oncologist, medical historian, and author—to discuss her groundbreaking book, All in Her Head, which explores the complex and often overlooked history of women’s healthcare.

For centuries, women’s bodies have been examined, idealized, dismissed, and misunderstood, shaping a medical legacy that still impacts treatment and care today. Dr. Comen’s book reclaims this narrative, shedding light on the biases, breakthroughs, and overlooked voices that have shaped modern medicine. She will also share the latest research on brain health and how lifestyle factors—such as nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress resilience, and social connection—can influence cognitive function and overall well-being.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Drs. Peabody and Comen, ask questions, and take meaningful steps toward a healthier future!

Dr. Comen will be joining us virtually.  

This lecture series is designed to improve our community’s awareness about brain health. The BHI Brain Health Matters! Lecture Series features the newest information about lifestyle behaviors that can impact (e.g., nutrition, sleep, physical activity, stress resilience, social connection) brain health. Our goal is to equip our community with the skills and knowledge needed to lead a brain-healthy lifestyle by providing the tools needed to optimize daily brain performance, increase the adoption of brain health protective factors, and create supporters and advocates of brain health.

About the Brain Health Initiative (www.brainhealthinitiative.org) 

The Brain Health Initiative, Inc. (BHI), a 501(c)(3) global non-profit, uses a cutting-edge approach to protecting brain health, promoting brain performance, and preventing and fighting brain illness across the lifespan. The BHI is building brain-healthy communities, cultures that promote brain-healthy lifestyles, foster protective factors, and address risk factors, thereby improving brain health and optimizing brain performance outcomes, while addressing disparities at the individual, family, and community level.  BHI activates the next generation of brain health advocates and is a leader in brain health engagement, research, innovation, and education.  

About Dr. Comen:

Dr. Elizabeth Comen, M.D., has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. An award-winning, internationally sought-after clinician and physician-scientist, Dr. Comen is a Medical Oncologist specializing in breast cancer and Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone. She earned her BA in the History of Science from Harvard College and her MD from Harvard Medical School, then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and her fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Comen is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the Department of Defense Breakthrough Award for Breast Cancer, the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award, and multiple grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  Chosen as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in New York since 2017, she has also been featured as a New York Magazine Top Doctor multiple years in a row. 

Recognized for her compassion and easy-to-comprehend communication with patients, Dr. Comen is routinely tapped by the media,  appearing frequently on Good Morning America, CNN, Oprah Daily, The Today Show, The View, and ABC News.  A tireless advocate for women’s healthcare, she is the author of the National Bestseller:  All In Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today.

Registration is Required  

*Once you register, even on the waitlist, you will receive an email with a link to view the event virtually.