CHRISTOPHER DECHARMS
(Dr. Christopher deCharms)
Dr. Christopher deCharms is a neuroscientist, serial entrepreneur, author, inventor, social entrepreneur, Edmund Hillary Fellow, and founder and CEO of Brainful, and previously ofOmneuron, life sciences companies focusing on new technologies for meditation, cognitive enhancement, and changing brain function based on pioneering imaging methods that allow people to watch the activation of their own brains 'live' using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This allows people to learn to change the patterns of their own mind and mental functioning through changing their brain activation patterns. This work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is in late-stage clinical trials for novel treatments of chronic pain, depression, and anxiety. Recently deCharms has founded Brainful Inc to provide the Omneuron technologies to people worldwide by mobile/web for the treatment of chronic pain. deCharms is also founding president of Watchful, and has developed a new technology to stop violence and promote safety.