Adam Gazzaley

Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD is the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at UC San Francisco and the founder and Executive Director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center engaged in technology creation and scientific research of novel brain assessment and optimization approaches. Dr. Gazzaley is also co-founder of Akili, a company developing therapeutic video games [Fast Company’s 2022 - World’s Most Innovative Companies] and JAZZ Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in experiential technology to improve human performance. He has been a scientific advisor for dozens of companies including Apple, GE, Nielsen, Deloitte, Janssen, and PepsiCo.

Dr. Gazzaley has filed multiple patents - notably his invention of the first video game cleared by the FDA - authored over 190 scientific articles and delivered over 750 invited presentations around the world. He wrote and hosted the nationally televised PBS special “The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley”, and co-authored the 2016 MIT Press book “The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World”, winner of the 2017 PROSE Award.

Dr. Gazzaley is the recipient of the 2015 SfN Science Educator Award, 2020 Global Gaming Citizen Honor and named in Newsweek's 2021 Inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors. He is a Board of Trustee and Science Council Member and Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences.