Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton leads the Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona where she is Regents Professor of Pharmacology, Neuroscience, and Neurology. She earned her Ph.D. as an NIH Predoctoral Fellow at the University of Arizona and conducted her NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship at Rockefeller University. Her NIH/ NIA research spans discovery, translational, biomedical data science and clinical trials. Through her NIA clinical trials, Brinton is pioneering the first regenerative therapeutic for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. She is also conducting clinical trials of an estrogen receptor-beta targeted nutraceutical for menopausal symptoms to promote brain health while sustaining breast health to prevent Alzheimer’s in those at greatest risk, women. She has authored over 300 scientific publications which collectively have an H-index of 97 and an i10-index of 240. She holds multiple patents, is a member of the National Academy of Inventors and has founded two biotech startups, most recently, NeuTherapeutics. Throughout her career, she has mentored over 50 pre- and postdoctoral fellows. She created and led the USC Science, Technology and Research (STAR) program that provided discovery science education in inner city Los Angeles. She currently leads NIH / NIA undergraduate and graduate research training grants. Among her many awards, Dr. Brinton received the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Goodes Prize for her Alzheimer’s research and regenerative therapeutic development and the Presidential Citizen’s Medal for her STEM education endeavors.