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Jonathan Swerdlin is a serial entrepreneur and venture investor focused on giving individuals greater control over their health. He has helped build and scale multiple ventures and has invested in 100+ early-stage startups focused on consumer health innovation.⁠ ⁠ In 2021, @jonathanswerdlin co-founded Function Health, a personal health co-pilot that begins with comprehensive lab testing and delivers clear, actionable insights developed with leading physicians.⁠ ⁠ @function was one of 10 companies selected for the 2024 One Mind Accelerator cohort. Since participating, the company has continued to scale rapidly, including raising a $298M Series B to expand access to preventative health insights.⁠ ⁠ The One Mind Accelerator supports founders tackling one of the world’s most complex challenges: mental illness, combining small mission-aligned cohorts with direct access to leaders across neuroscience, health systems, venture capital, and industry. Each year, 10–16 companies join the program, enabling personalized support and collaboration across therapeutics, digital health, diagnostics, and care delivery.⁠ ⁠ Since completing the Accelerator, companies have achieved major clinical and commercial milestones, from regulatory clearances to significant investment rounds and expanded access to care. With 51 companies in the portfolio, One Mind Accelerator is catalyzing a new generation of mental health innovation.⁠ ⁠ Learn more at ⁠ (LINK IN BIO) 🔗⁠ ⁠ #MentalHealth #Innovation #HealthCare #OneMind #Accelerator #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2026 #MentalHealthMonth

Supriya Laknidhi is a healthcare entrepreneur and operator with 15+ years of experience across product, operations, and strategy at some of the country's leading health organizations. She holds a BS from the @uofmichigan and an MBA from @northwesternu 's @kelloggschool . Her career has spanned roles at @cvshealth , @aetna , and The Boston Consulting Group (bcg), before she went on to serve as COO at @hellobendhealth .⁠ ⁠ Supriya is co-founder and CEO of Cerula Care, the first cancer-focused collaborative behavioral health and care navigation company, seamlessly integrating with oncology practices to provide personalized, virtual-first support to improve health outcomes for people living with cancer.⁠ ⁠ Cerula Care was one of 10 companies selected for the 2024 One Mind Accelerator cohort. Since participating, the company has continued to grow, closing an oversubscribed $3.7 million Seed round led by Esplanade Ventures, with participation from Amplify Capital, BrightEdge, DigiTx Partners, SpringTime Ventures, and Mike Pykosz, former CEO and co-founder of @oakstreethealth .⁠ ⁠ The One Mind Accelerator supports founders tackling one of the world’s most complex challenges: mental illness, combining small mission-aligned cohorts with direct access to leaders across neuroscience, health systems, venture capital, and industry. Each year, 10–16 companies join the program, enabling personalized support and collaboration across therapeutics, digital health, diagnostics, and care delivery.⁠ ⁠ Since completing the Accelerator, companies have achieved major clinical and commercial milestones, from regulatory clearances to significant investment rounds and expanded access to care. With 51 companies in the portfolio, One Mind Accelerator is catalyzing a new generation of mental health innovation.⁠ ⁠ Learn more at ⁠(LINK IN BIO) 🔗⁠ ⁠ #MentalHealth #Innovation #HealthCare #OneMind #Accelerator #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2026 #MentalHealthMonth

Don Vaughn, PhD, is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur whose work in neurotechnology and brain science has been featured by ABC, ESPN, TIME, and The Economist. His TEDx talk, “Neurohacking: Rewiring Your Brain,” has been viewed more than one million times. He earned degrees from @stanford and a PhD in Neuroscience from @ucla .⁠ ⁠ @drdonvaughn is co-founder and CEO of Ampa, advancing breakthroughs in mental health and brain function through neuroscience and artificial intelligence.⁠ ⁠ Ampa was one of 16 companies selected for the 2025 One Mind Accelerator cohort. Since participating, the company has continued scaling its technology, launching a nationwide rollout of its portable, FDA-cleared brain stimulation system following an oversubscribed $8.5M funding round.⁠ ⁠ The One Mind Accelerator supports founders tackling one of the world’s most complex challenges: mental illness, combining small mission-aligned cohorts with direct access to leaders across neuroscience, health systems, venture capital, and industry. Each year, 10–16 companies join the program, enabling personalized support and collaboration across therapeutics, digital health, diagnostics, and care delivery.⁠ ⁠ Since completing the Accelerator, companies have achieved major clinical and commercial milestones, from regulatory clearances to significant investment rounds and expanded access to care. With 51 companies in the portfolio, One Mind Accelerator is catalyzing a new generation of mental health innovation.⁠ ⁠ Learn more at ⁠ (LINK IN BIO) 🔗⁠ ⁠ #MentalHealth #Innovation #HealthCare #OneMind #Accelerator #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MHAM2026 #MentalHealthMonth

In January 2019, a snowboarding accident left Dr. Edward Twomey with a brain bleed and an emergency craniotomy. It also changed the course of his science. 🧠⁠ ⁠ In the latest post from the One Mind Lived Experience Blog, Dr. Ed Twomey, a neuroscientist and Associate Professor at @hopkinsmedicine (@johnshopkinsu ) and 2025 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient, reflects on how his journey through traumatic brain injury and debilitating anxiety redirected and informed his research.⁠ ⁠ Dr. Twomey's work has since uncovered how temperature affects neurotransmitter receptor function, revealed the mechanism behind the brain's primary signaling chemical, and opened a promising new path for neuropsychiatric drug development.⁠ ⁠ "My lived experience changed how I think and changed how I do science," Dr. Twomey writes. "Experience can be heavy but also clarifying."⁠ ⁠ Read the full post (LINK IN BIO) 🔗⁠ ⁠ #LivedExperience #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMonth #OneMind #Anxiety #TraumaticBrainInjury

This Mental Health Awareness Month we're spotlighting members of the One Mind community—meet Dr. Joshua Gordon.⁠ ⁠ Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, received a One Mind Rising Star Award in 2010 for his groundbreaking work, investigating the Circuit Basis for Psychiatric Diseases at Columbia University. His research advanced understanding of how genetic mutations and neural circuits contribute to disorders such as schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression—laying foundations for more precise, biologically informed treatments.⁠ ⁠ Today, Dr. Gordon is Chair of Psychiatry at Columbia University and former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, where he advanced precision medicine and national suicide prevention efforts.⁠ ⁠ For 20 years, the Rising Star Awards have invested in bold ideas and exceptional scientists whose work shapes the future of mental health research. Since 2005, One Mind has supported 54 awardees across 37 leading institutions, investing more than $14 million in breakthrough science spanning depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, OCD, and more.⁠ ⁠ ▶︎ Learn more at onemind.org/RSA⁠ ⁠ #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #Psychology #Research #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #Science #OneMind #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMonth #MHAM2026

This Mental Health Awareness Month we're spotlighting members of the One Mind community—meet Dr. Kafui Dzirasa.⁠ ⁠ 2013 One Mind Rising Star Award recipient and member of the One Mind Scientific Advisory Board, Dr. Kafui Dzirasa is a brain pacemaker pioneer and health equity advocate.⁠ ⁠ As a Distinguished Professor at Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Dzirasa’s lab is uncovering brain-wide electrical patterns that define emotional states, laying groundwork for neuromodulation-based psychiatric therapies.⁠ ⁠ His research focuses on how disruptions in the brain’s electrical networks affect emotions and contribute to psychiatric disorders. Using innovative tools in psychiatry, neurophysiology, and biomedical engineering, his team studies the unique brain activity patterns linked to emotional states and tests whether restoring healthy brain rhythms can improve mood and behavior. This work is opening new pathways toward treatments for depression and other serious mental health conditions.⁠ ⁠ For 20 years, the Rising Star Awards have invested in bold ideas and exceptional scientists like Dr. Dzirasa. Since 2005, One Mind has supported 54 awardees across 37 leading institutions, investing more than $14 million in breakthrough science spanning depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, OCD, and more.⁠ ⁠ ▶︎ Learn more at onemind.org/RSA⁠ ⁠ #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #Psychology #Research #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #Science #OneMind #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMonth #MHAM2026

This Mental Health Awareness Month we're spotlighting members of the One Mind community—meet Dr. Hilary Marusak.⁠ ⁠ Hilary Marusak, PhD, is a developmental neuroscientist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University. In 2024, she was named a One Mind Rising Star in Mental Health Research for her pioneering work investigating adolescent suicide risk and the role of the endocannabinoid system in brain development and emotional regulation. Supported by a $300,000 grant, her research seeks to identify biological markers that better predict risk and inform targeted interventions for vulnerable youth.⁠ ⁠ Through leadership of the THINK Lab and the Division of Cannabinoids in Neurodevelopment (CANDID), Dr. Marusak advances research in pediatric anxiety, trauma, PTSD, and neurodevelopment. Beyond the lab, she mentors trainees and champions science communication and public engagement to reduce stigma and translate discovery into impact.⁠ ⁠ For 20 years, the Rising Star Awards have invested early in bold ideas and exceptional scientists like Dr. Marusak. Since 2005, One Mind has supported 54 awardees across 37 leading institutions, investing more than $14 million in breakthrough science spanning major mental health conditions.⁠ ⁠ ▶︎ Learn more at onemind.org/RSA⁠ (link in bio)⁠ ⁠ #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #Psychology #Research #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #Science #OneMind #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #MentalHealthMonth #MHAM2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year, One Mind CEO Kathleen M. Pike is asking us to sit with a question that's both simple and demanding: What does it mean to live defiantly joyful?⁠ ⁠ In her latest letter, Dr. Pike reflects on how real progress in mental health, the kind happening right now, here at One Mind, in research labs, treatment rooms, and communities, asks something of all of us in return. Not just awareness, but intention.⁠ ⁠ Read her full letter (LINK IN BIO 🔗⁠) and comment below with your own thoughts! ⬇️⁠ ⁠ #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #OneMind #DefiantlyJoyful #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMonth #MHAM2026

The 7th Annual Peace of Mind Walk is just one month away—and we'd love for YOU to be part of it!⁠ ⁠ Join us on Sunday, May 31st, 2026 at the beautiful Alma Rosa Winery Estate as we walk together to advance mental health awareness, fund critical research, and expand access to care for those who need it most.⁠ ⁠ Since 2020, @almarosawinery has raised over $1.2M for One Mind and @mentalwellnesscenter . This year, altogether we aim to raise $250,000. Will you help us reach our goal?⁠ ⁠ No contribution is too small. Together, we can make a real difference.⁠ ⁠ To register, donate, and learn more visit the link in our bio 🔗⁠ ⁠ —with @staglinfamilyvineyard ⁠ ⁠ #PeaceOfMindWalk #OneMind #MentalHealthAwareness #HealthyMindsForAll #MentalWellness #WalkForMentalHealth #SantaBarbara #MentalHealth

Employing people with lived mental health experience benefits both individuals and organizations. So why are most workplaces still unprepared to support them?⁠ ⁠ In our latest Lived Experience Blog post, One Mind Co-Founder and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer @brandonstaglin opens with a candid account of navigating corporate culture while recovering from schizophrenia, then turns to what One Mind and a growing community of organizations are building to change that.⁠ ⁠ His piece spotlights the Flourish@Work initiative, developed through more than a year of research, led by Lead Researcher Priya Chirayil, in collaboration with Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance (@sczaction ), @studentswithpsychosis , @fountainhouse , and @cureszfoundation .⁠ ⁠ "No organization can single-handedly untangle the landscape of employment," Brandon writes, but together, we can clear the thicket.⁠ ⁠ The Flourish@Work pilot workshop launches May 19 at the One Mind at Work Global Forum, and will be co-presented by Brandon alongside One Mind Lived Experience Council members Tracie Ibrahim, LMFT, CST (@tabootracie ), Linea Johnson, MHL (@linea.johnson ), and Uma R. Chatterjee, M.S., MHPS (@umarchatterjee ).⁠ ⁠ Read the full post (link in bio) 🔗⁠ ⁠ #LivedExperience #MentalHealthAtWork #WorkplaceInclusion #MentalHealthAdvocacy #FlourishAtWork

Next week it’s time for Testimony to Transformation The Real Impact of Lived Experience Advocacy, an upcoming live webinar hosted by AcademyHealth’s Mental Health & Substance Use Research Interest Group! In dialogue with Pooja S. Mehta, MPH, Brandon Staglin, & Tracie Ibrahim, LMFT, CST, this conversation will explore how lived experience, when shared with courage and intention, can shape systems, influence policy, and drive meaningful change in communities. Our panelists will share firsthand perspectives on turning personal testimony into advocacy that moves beyond awareness toward real and lasting impact. Whether you are new to advocacy or deeply engaged in this work, this webinar invites you to reflect on the power of story and how truth telling can be a catalyst for transformation. We hope join us! 🗓 Friday, April 24th ⏰ 12 -1 pm EST Register at /Friday0424 #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #Advocacy #HealthEquity #SystemsChange

🥁 DRUMROLL PLEASE! We’re excited to announce the headliner for the 2026 One Mind Music Festival… 🎶⁠ ⁠ @thefray will take the stage at our 32nd annual festival!⁠ ⁠ The Colorado-bred band rose to fame with their signature emotionally rich, cinematic alt-rock sound and chart-topping hits like How to Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car), and You Found Me.⁠ ⁠ 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now at .⁠ ⁠ The One Mind Music Festival is more than just a concert, it’s a powerful gathering of leaders, experts, advocates, and changemakers united by a shared commitment to transforming mental health. Join us for an unforgettable day of music, science, food & wine, and community as we come together to advance mental health for all⁠ ⁠ The All-Day Ticket includes:⁠ 🔬 An insightful Science & Innovation Symposium⁠ 🍇 A delectable Wine Tasting Reception with gourmet bites from Chefs Parke Ulrich, Colton Hays, & Lori Baker of @epicsteak and @waterbarsf ⁠ 🎸 An intimate concert performance by The Fray⁠ ⁠ VIP Ticket holders will enjoy all items listed above, plus:⁠ 🍽️ A 4-course dinner under the stars prepared by @chefpjcalapa of @marearestaurants ⁠ ⁠ For more than 30 years, incredible artists have lit up the One Mind Music Festival stage—watch a recap video highlighting talent from over the years (see link in bio) 🔗⁠ ⁠ The 32nd One Mind Music Festival, presented by @bankofamerica and @bristolmyerssquibb , will be held at @staglinfamilyvineyard on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. To register and to learn more about the festival and sponsorship opportunities, please visit .⁠ ⁠ #OneMind #MentalHealthMatters #Music4BrainHealth #MusicFestival #TheFray #EndTheStigma #NapaEvents #MentalHealth