Thomas Insel, MD
Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Author, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
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About the Speaker
Tom lnsel, MD, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology.
From 2002-2015, Dr. Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). More recently, he led the Mental Health Team at Verily (2015-2017); co-founded Mindstrong Health (2017-2019), a start-up building tools for people with serious mental illness; and served as a special advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom (2019), helping on behavioral health issues. In 2020, he co-founded Humanest Care, a therapeutic online community for recovery.
He currently serves on the boards of Foundation for NIH, Fountain House, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy, and the Steinberg Institute (Chair, 2019-2022) as well as being an advisor to several mental health start-ups (including Alto Neuroscience, Cerebral, Compass Pathways, Owl Insights, Koa Health, Valera Health).
He is the author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (Penguin Random House, 2022).
With journalist co-founders, he recently launched MindSite News, a non-profit digital publication focused on mental health issues.
Dr. Insel is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has received numerous national and international awards including honorary degrees in the U.S. and Europe.
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