Cary Savage Profile

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Cary Savage is the new director for the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. In this video, Dr. Savage talks about his research and his goals for the center.

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[00:00:00.370]This is really a flagship program in the university:
[00:00:03.730]built into the stadium, right in the center of campus,
[00:00:06.170]and clearly with a commitment to make it the best it can be.
[00:00:09.520]My short-term goals are really to get to know the faculty
[00:00:13.000]and understanding their research
[00:00:14.540]and what their strengths are and what their goals are.
[00:00:17.640]Long-term goals are really increasing our funding,
[00:00:20.710]our federal funding, for instance from
[00:00:22.270]The National Institutes of Health,
[00:00:23.820]the National Science Foundation.
[00:00:25.850]Another short-term goal is to enhance
[00:00:27.530]the relationship with athletics
[00:00:28.860]and really get research started
[00:00:30.610]in a bigger way than we've had.
[00:00:32.340]So there already is a process in place,
[00:00:34.360]and it's a collaboration between CB3 and athletics;
[00:00:37.230]and basically all the athletes, particularly those
[00:00:40.320]who are at high risk for concussion,
[00:00:42.370]for instance football, soccer players,
[00:00:44.660]they're getting baseline cognitive testing.
[00:00:47.210]What we want to do now is add MRI into that equation,
[00:00:50.250]and so have baseline MRIs which will give us
[00:00:53.180]brain structure, brain structural connectivity,
[00:00:56.150]and functional connectivity as well.
[00:00:58.480]We'll have that as a baseline,
[00:00:59.670]and then after concussion we'll be able
[00:01:01.340]to bring people in and test them
[00:01:02.990]and then test them throughout the course of recovery.
[00:01:05.780]In terms of my research where I'm really focused on
[00:01:08.530]is the brain basis of health behaviors
[00:01:10.750]and how we can modify those to improve people's health.
[00:01:13.870]So for instance, we scan people
[00:01:16.730]before they embark on weight-loss programs,
[00:01:18.860]and we look at MRI predictors.
[00:01:21.110]So can we identify biomarkers that help us understand
[00:01:24.590]why some people lose weight
[00:01:26.220]with the idea that eventually we can identify
[00:01:29.040]and MRI can be a part of identifying biomarkers
[00:01:32.250]that help us make treatment decisions.
[00:01:33.960]For instance, putting people on the most effective
[00:01:36.700]treatment for them based upon what we know
[00:01:39.470]about their brain function.
[00:01:41.430]The real exciting thing is our tools are getting better,
[00:01:44.010]and imaging is a big part of that.
[00:01:45.570]So we are advancing the imaging tools,
[00:01:48.540]we're advancing the imaging analysis,
[00:01:51.040]and that leads to very exciting times.

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