Evening Lectures focus on human performance, work culture and much more

The Evening Lecture series for Fall 2024 at Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) features a heavy focus on human performance, workplace culture and related topics.

The sessions begin in Pensacola on Sept. 19, 2024, with Sarah Robb O’Hagan, the chief executive officer of EXOS, a coaching company focused on human performance utilizing a team of fitness specialists, performance coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and psychologists to maximize team performance.

She led the reinvention and turnaround of Gatorade as its global president, the digital transformation of Equinox Fitness Clubs as its President and the transformation of Flywheel Sports to a streaming content business as its CEO. She has held leadership positions at Nike and Virgin and is the author and founder of ExtremeYOU, a book and content platform.

Other Pensacola speakers include:

Oct. 17: Susan Paley, a CEO, founder, investor, and advisor who is focused on the intersection of entertainment, health and human performance. For more than 20 years she has worked with companies to set their strategic course, build their product roadmap, and guide sales and marketing. Throughout her career she has worked at the edges of new technology to see how it can be commercialized for deployment in market, and at scale.

Nov. 13: Dr. Tommy Wood, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington and a Visiting Scientist at the IHMC is a UK-trained medical doctor with a Ph.D. in physiology and neuroscience. His research focuses on the physiological and metabolic responses to brain injury and how that impacts brain health across the lifespan. He is also interested in tracking health, performance, and longevity both in elite athletes and the general population. He sits on the scientific advisory board of Hintsa Performance, which includes developing nutrition and lifestyle strategies to optimize performance in Formula 1 drivers. He is a founding director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.

In Ocala, speakers will include:

Sept. 12: Dr. Zach Graham, an IHMC Research Scientist whose research examines how exercise can be implemented to improve health and quality of life for people throughout life and across disease states. Spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s Disease and aging are a few of his areas of research interest, as well as research focused on muscle biology following spinal cord injury. Graham also is a health science research specialist with the Birmingham Veterans Administration Health Care System. His group looks to find novel molecular mechanisms and phenotypes that help guide individualized exercise prescriptions and more precise rehabilitation strategies.

Oct. 10: Dr. Dave Rabin, a board-certified psychiatrist, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and inventor who has studied resilience and the impact of chronic stress on our lives for more than 15 years. In addition to focusing on integration therapy, plant and natural medicines, couples therapy, and medicine-assisted psychotherapy, Rabin specializes in treatment-resistant mental illnesses including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychosomatic disorders, personality disorders, chronic pain disorders, insomnia, and substance use disorders using minimal and non-invasive treatment strategies.

Nov. 6: Dr. Todd Manini, a University of Florida professor and chief of clinical and population health integration at UF’s College of Medicine. He also serves as director of UF’s Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. The center is funded under the National Institute on Aging and is dedicated to advancing both clinical and biological science for preserving physical independence for older Americans.

Dec. 10^: Dr. Tim Broderick, IHMC’s Chief Science Officer and Senior Research Scientist. He helps shape research strategy and performs high impact research focused on enhancing human health and performance in extreme environments. Prior to joining IHMC he was an academic surgeon and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Program Manager. He has led multiple flight and undersea medical research projects. In addition to American Board of Surgery certification and fellowship in the American College of Surgeons, operational certifications and experience have prompted recognition as an Honorary NASA Flight Surgeon and NOAA undersea saturation diver.

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IHMC is a not-for-profit research institute of the Florida University System where researchers pioneer science and technology aimed at leveraging and extending human capabilities. IHMC researchers and staff collaborate extensively with the government, industry and academia to help develop breakthrough technologies. IHMC research partners have included: DARPA, the National Science Foundation, NASA, Army, Navy, Air Force, National Institutes of Health, IBM, Microsoft, Honda, Boeing, Lockheed, and many others.