Appendix II: Schoninger Neuropsychology Program

Number of media impressions and placements secured mentioning the MBI and/or your leadership/researchers

Drs. McInerney and Bure have participated in on-air radio discussions in partnership with the Latino Center on Aging for the La Ponderosa Spanish Radio show “Para Mayores.” Sponsored by the AARP, it has a wide-reaching audience throughout the greater South Florida area. Their discussions include memory decline signs and symptoms as well as cognitive testing available via telehealth at UM. This is a great opportunity for them to talk about the McKnight Brain Institute, its research and clinicians.

Number of monthly visitors to your website and any peak areas of interest or engagement

In the fourth quarter of 2020 we embarked on the revamping and recreation of our MBI website with the goal of launching it in the first part of 2021. This is still on schedule and was driven by the fact that the analytics were not available and had not been installed. Thus, the number of visitors and most successful post data is not available. We have included this in our website design moving forward and will be able to report on a regular basis once launched.

Outline topics and attendance for any new podcasts, blogs, webinars, You Tube videos, etc.

Our MBI, its clinicians and researchers have contributed to a number of blogs. Dr. Gomes-Osman wrote on “Neuroplasticity of the brain and physical exercise: keeping a sharp mind.” Dr. Marrero wrote on “Why everyone is obsessed with the MIND diet.” Dr. Kaur wrote on “Sleep and the brain.” All of these were written and posted in partnership with MindCrowd on their website and our MBI website.

The Miller School of Medicine Health Talk Series was relaunched virtually during the second quarter of 2020. A “Brain Health” Virtual Talk was held June 25th and an October Talk “Science of the Aging Brain,” featured Drs. Sacco, Rundek, Levin and Galvin with at least 500 attendees combined.

Through a partnership forged with The Miami Dade Public Library System, the virtual webinar series “Maintaining a Healthy Brain During a Pandemic” was created. It took place on the first three Thursdays in December. The Series featured Drs. Gomes-Osman, Marrero and McInerney. Total attendance was approximately 140 participants.

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________________________ Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D. Scientific Director Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute January 14th, 2021

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