Deborah Westphal

Explorer and storyteller - living the chapters of my life. Author of Convergence: Technology, Business, and the Human-centric Future.

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

On Rare Disease Day, we recognize the millions of individuals and families living with conditions that remain poorly understood and underfunded.

At the @TofflerTrust , we support early-career researchers who pursue bold questions about brain health and disease.
#RareDiseaseDay

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

“Every cell in the brain is speaking. If we learn to listen, we can understand where disease truly begins.”

@UCLA , Dr. Jessica uses transcriptomics + computational tools to pinpoint vulnerable cells and drive precision therapies.

Listen :
Apple: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

In this @TofflerTrust Research Renaissance clip, we speak with UCLA clinician-scientist and 2024 Toffler Scholar Dr. Jessica Rexach.

Watch and listen this new episode here:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ETL7
YouTube: https://t.co/VH8bckNM0s

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

In this @TofflerTrust Research Renaissance clip, we speak with UCLA clinician-scientist and 2024 Toffler Scholar Dr. Jessica Rexach.

Watch and listen this new episode here:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ETL7
Youtube: https://t.co/Lkx2KUuuga

[UCLA Neurology @UCLANeurology]

Alzheimer's disease is no longer seen as an inevitable part of aging. In @TofflerTrust Research Renaissance, Dr. Jessica Rexach discusses breakthroughs in biomarkers, brain resilience, and why the biggest risk now may be losing research momentum.

https://t.co/ZlOOpgZpZZ

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Research Renaissance speaks with Dr. Caterina Lasome, a clinical informatics leader, about the rise of ambient listening in healthcare.

Listen to the full episode⬇️:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG5x22
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ElVz
Youtube: https://t.co/Lkx2KUtWqC

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Pi Day started as a joke in 1988 when a physicist at the Exploratorium noticed March 14 matched 3.14 — and turned it into a math celebration.

@TofflerTrust , we believe progress in science depends not only on new tools, but also on thoughtful stewardship.
#NationalPiDay #KTCT

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Research Renaissance speaks with neurosurgeon-scientist Siyar Bahadir, MD, PhD candidate at The Feinstein Institutes, on how mapping the vagus nerve could transform disease treatment.

Listen this new episode⬇️:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
YT: https://t.co/Lkx2KUuuga

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

In this Research Renaissance episode by The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust, Siyar Bahadir, MD, explains why the vagus nerve is the body’s control highway.

Full episode here⬇️:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ETL7
Youtube: @ResearchRenaissance

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

In this Research Renaissance episode by The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust, Siyar Bahadir, MD, at The Feinstein Institutes, takes us inside awake brain surgery.

Full episode ⬇️:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ETL7
Youtube: @ResearchRenaissance

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

In the latest episode of Research Renaissance, presented by the @TofflerTrust, we sit down with Dr. Caterina Lasome, a nationally recognized leader in health informatics and digital transformation, to explore this critical question.
https://t.co/u2ojFjV3dR
#Heathcare #Innovation

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Research Renaissance speaks with Dr. Lasome, about the growing tech literacy gap in healthcare and why innovation alone doesn’t guarantee access.

Listen to the full episode⬇️:
Apple Podcast: https://t.co/nYcAyG64RA
Spotify: https://t.co/WfPTt2ETL7
YT: https://t.co/Lkx2KUuuga

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

This Presidents' Day invites us to reflect on how leadership can shape the future in lasting ways.
The NIH was established under the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, grounded in the idea that investing in science and health serves the common good.
https://t.co/u2ojFjV3dR

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Season 3 of Research Renaissance is here! @TofflerTrust podcast exploring the ideas, people, and partnerships shaping the future of discovery.

Season 3 marks a major evolution: from Brain Science → Health Science.

Launching our 1st episode on March 4 with Dr. Jessica Rexach .

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Celebrating 2025's Progress and Breakthroughs - https://t.co/m4FKxjOGef

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

The Karen Toffler Charitable Trust has opened Applications for its 2026–2027 Grant Cycle.

KTCT focuses on early-stage neuroscience research and supports bold ideas from investigators working at key inflection points.

Details and application here: https://t.co/9YVS3k95Is

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

February 6 marks the anniversary of Heidi Toffler’s passing in 2019.

Heidi helped shape the ideas that transformed how the world understands the future. She was not simply Alvin Toffler’s partner, she was his intellectual equal, his challenger, and an undeniable creative force.

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

Today, on Karen Toffler’s birthday, we honor a life guided by curiosity, compassion, and quiet brilliance. Karen embraced her parents’ passion for understanding how ideas shape the world.
Though she passed far too young,her legacy lives on through the @TofflerTrust #KTCT #Future

[Toffler Trust @TofflerTrust]

KTCT’s 2025 Annual Report is live.

Since 2020: $4M+ invested, 80 Toffler Scholars supported, 111 papers published, $24M in NIH funding unlocked.

We fund the future by funding the fearless.

https://t.co/rOvvJR6fVi
#Neuroscience #BrainHealth

[Deborah Westphal @westphaldeb]

Jackson Mace is helping reframe MS—not just as an autoimmune disease, but as a neurodegenerative disorder demanding new tools, new thinking, and new hope. https://t.co/hjrX1lc1ke