Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, PhD

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Dr Abbott is a professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Surrey School of Law and adjunct assistant professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Articles

Which innovations can improve measurement, technology, investment, and public policy surrounding brain health?

Telling Humanity’s Brain Story: Insights From Brain Capital

Harris A. Eyre, MD, PhD;Robert M. Lundin, BSc, MBBCh;Shuo Chen, JD;Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, PhD;Shekhar Saxena, MD;Stephen T. C. Wong, PhD;James T. Hackett;William Hynes, DPhil;Daniela Schiller, PhD;Nancy Mannix, JD;Serena Jenkins, PhD;Claire Neihaus, MSc;Walter D. Dawson, DPhil;Michael Berk, MD, PhD

January 19th 2023

Which innovations can improve measurement, technology, investment, and public policy surrounding brain health?

What are some new approaches to ensure that the brain health technology sector continues to flourish?

Avoiding a Brain Health Innovation Market Failure: Lessons from the Hype Cycle

Henry Asher;Erin Smith;Mark Heinemeyer;Michael Berk, MD, PhD;Agustin Ibañez, PhD;Shuo Chen, JD;Ernestine Fu, PhD;Jessica Wolfe, PhD, MPH;Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, PhD;Francois Véron;William Ellsworth;Marion Leboyer, MD, PhD;Geoffrey S.F. Ling, MD, PhD;Igor Linkov, PhD, MSc;Magali Haas, MD, PhD;Harris A. Eyre, MD, PhD

November 17th 2021

New approaches to ensure that the brain health technology sector continues to flourish for decades.

Sustaining Investment in Brain Health: The Dangers of Information Asymmetry

Erin Smith;Mark Heinemeyer;Jessica Wolfe, PhD, MPH;Henry Asher;Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, PhD;William Hynes, DPhil;Gowri G. Aragam, MD;Ernestine Fu, PhD;Francois Véron;Michael Berk, MD, PhD;Shuo Chen, JD;Mike Lyons, PhD;William Ellsworth;Harris A. Eyre, MD, PhD

October 12th 2021

Information asymmetry occurs when one party has more or better information than the other party. Asymmetry and fraud will sour investor interest in the field.