Harris Eyre

Harris Eyre is an Australian physician, neuroscientist, entrepreneur, economic strategist, and author. He is most noted for his work on the brain economy

[https://businessforbrainhealth.org/resources/the-brain-economy According to the McKinsey Health Institute and the World Economic Forum], the brain economy is a new economic paradigm that prioritizes brain capital, encompassing brain health and brain skills, as its core asset. Driven by a neuroscience renaissance, it responds to the growing demand for brain skills — cognitive, emotional, and social — in the modern workforce.

Harris was the [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-020-00918-w senior author of the first technical paper] on the brain economy published in 2020 (Smith et al. Molecular Psychiatry) and co-led the early [https://www.ebrains.eu/news-and-events/towards-a-european-brain-initiative OECD Neuroscience-Inspired Economics Initiative].

Prominent organizations now believe the world is increasingly relying on brain capital, where a premium is put on brain skills and brain health (e.g., individual's cognitive, emotional, and social brain resources), and that investing in building brain capital is fundamental to meet modern societal challenges and to drive innovation.

Eyre studies transdisciplinary or convergence science and was lead editor of the Oxford University Press book, [https://academic.oup.com/book/31740 Convergence Mental Health: A Roadmap for Transdisciplinary Innovation]. In his work, he melds and fuses insights from precision medicine, clinical care, entrepreneurship, convergence science, consumer participation, workforce development, economics, public policy and diplomacy.

Eyre is a migraineur and wrote a short story titled "My migraines are a super power" for the European Federation of Neurological Associations. Provided by Wikipedia