Brain Health Living Labs.

Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

Global Brain Health Institute, University of California (WD, HAE), San Francisco (UCSF), CA; Deakin University, IMPACT, The Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (MB, HAE), School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia; Department of Psychiatry (MB, HAE), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medicine (HAE), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Brainstorm Lab for Mental Health Innovation (HAE), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Electronic address:

Published: July 2021

We call on geriatric brain health care providers, executives and entrepreneurs to embrace our Brain Health Living Lab model-a user-centered, iterative ecosystem, integrating concurrent clinical care, research and innovation processes.

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