by Tom Kalil | Feb 24, 2014 | Monitor
President Barack Obama is introduced by Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, at the BRAIN Initiative event in the East Room of the White House, April 2, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) On April 2, 2013, President Obama...
by Ezra Mechaber | Apr 2, 2013 | Monitor
Ed. note: This event has concluded, you can watch the full Q&A below. Today, President Obama unveiled the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, which aims to help researchers find new ways to treat, cure, and even...
by Francis Collins and Arati Prabhakar | Apr 2, 2013 | Monitor
Note: Want to learn more about the BRAIN Initiative? Watch Tom Kalil, Innovation Advisor; Dr. Francis Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health; and Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) discuss the new...
by Jason Furman and Tom Kalil | Jan 7, 2013 | Monitor
Entrepreneurs and small businesses are the engines of American innovation and our economic success, and President Obama is committed to helping them grow and prosper. Our nation’s small businesses employ over 60 million Americans, or half of the private sector...