Your Professional Body and Global Network for Applied Neuroscience
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ANA is on a mission to empower ethically applied neuroscience for global social impact, bridging the translation gap between remarkable advancements in our understanding of the brain and nervous system and you!
🌍 ANA Mental Health & AI Global Symposium
29th JANUARY 2026 - London and streamed worldwide
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Reimagining Mental Health in the Age of Neuroscience, AI & the Brain Economy
Brought together by ANA’s global community of applied neuroscientists, clinicians, researchers, technologists, and invited guest experts.
what you will explore:
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1. Foundations — AI in Mental Health
Understanding core concepts, current capabilities, and scientific underpinnings. -
2. Clinical Performance — AI Tools & Applications
How AI is being applied for therapeutic support -
3. Ethics, Governance & Regulation
Standards, risks, safeguards, and responsible deployment of mental health AI. -
4. Cross Discipline/Sector Collaborations
How important are partnerships between clinicians, technologists, data scientists, educators, policymakers... -
5. Advanced AI for Mental Health
Emerging models - what is real and what is not? -
6. Data Quality, Validation & Risk
How robust is the data quality, and what this means for clinical safety, and trustworthy evaluation? -
7. Applied AI — Optimising Mental Health Practice
Real-world implementation - augmentation (not replacement) of humans. -
8. Future Trends — Mental Health & AI
What’s coming next: - personalised care, preventative systems, and population-level mental health intelligence?
ana Welcomes respectful open conversation, questions and feedback
Qualified Neuroscientist, Applied Neuroscientist, or Allied Discipline
Full Members hold an MSc or higher in neuroscience, applied neuroscience, neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, or a medical or research degree with neuroscience as a core component.
Academic or Professional, Advancing Neuroscience Applications in your work
Associate Members hold an MSc or higher degree in a field outside of neuroscience or equivalent professional qualifications and are interested in integrating neuroscience applications into their work.
Student Members are those currently studying neuroscience, applied neuroscience, or an allied discipline with a core neuroscience component, such as a medical, psychiatry or psychology degree.
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What is Applied Neuroscience and how can it help you and me?
Neuroscience is constantly producing remarkable advancements in our understanding of the brain and nervous systems cellular and molecular structure, function and processes that dictate our every thought, our thinking about thinking, action and behaviours.
In recent years there has been growing interest in findings from neuroscience research, beyond the domain of the natural sciences. Translating and applying the research into a societal context for lasting improvements in human health, the economy, and society as a whole.
The role of language and critique in such Science Communication, bridging discoveries with demand, relies on an evidence-base that is translated ethically and free from dominant interests and ideologies. ANA's vision is empowering ethically applied neuroscience for global impact.
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