To Mr Jarrett re: iMABS Board, Virtual Womb proposal, Acoustic Ecology, and AIDS

Really enjoyed the time on the Waldorf roof today, Marvin! - wholehearted thanks for joining the The Institute Board! Looking forward to helping you with your much-needed UROK effort -

I. Following up on our conversation - Please find attached a version of the Virtual Womb® proposal I recently shared with D.A. - trying to imagine/create the optimal acoustic environment for brain development and, consequently, language acquisition and social development in newborns who live their first weeks to months in the chaotic acoustic environment of Neonatal ICUs.. Board member Dr Jack Gill has connectivity with the CEO of Phillips and I with Senior VP of Human Resources at GE. Both make "isolettes" (i.e. incubators) for critically-ill infants in Neonatal ICUs.

2. AIDS song mp3 attached - inspired by a patient whom I diagnosed in the early days of the AIDS wars who died soon after I made the diagnosis - no treatment back then. Now there is treatment and patients are surviving with a high incidence of Dementia, painful Neuropathy, and Depression owing to years of low-grade HIV infection. Might there be a way to give 50% of revenue the song coldl raise to fund research on the benefits of music for patients with AIDS-related Dementia, pain, and Depression?

• I was thinking of asking Suzy if she thought strings would be appropriate - what do you think?

• singer Dionne Anylah is a former student in my Mind Brain & Music class and the wife of Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Hundley. Lead guitar credit goes to student in same class - Sean Mooney, now a medical student in SUNY Brooklyn.

3. Here are a couple of links relevant to Dr Bernie Krause's Natural Sound Archive and iMABS Acoustic Ecology program we talked about as well as the "Goodman Proposal" Bernie and I worked on re: helping cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy through music. https://www.wildsanctuary.com http://www.brainmusic.org/AcousticEcology/AcousEcol.html

Plz let me know how I can help your friend Ian - I see pts with UCLA Neurology trainees in Westwood and privately in Thousand Oaks...

Looking forward to hearing more of Visitor!

See you soon,
Mark

Mark Jude Tramo, MD PhD Dept of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Dept of Musicology, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Director, The Institute for Music & Brain Science Co-Director, University of California Multi-Campus Music Research Initiative (UC MERCI)

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http://www.BrainMusic.org
http://merci.ucsd.edu

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