Kirk Nylen, is Managing Director, Neuroscience for the Baszucki Group. Throughout his career he has focused on creating collaborative research networks with the aim of improving brain research and care. Kirk has over a decade of leadership experience in the research and healthcare sectors with extensive experience in health system strategy, knowledge translation, large-scale research collaborations, performance management, impact evaluation, and integrated approaches to informatics and open data governance. He has a doctorate in pharmacology and maintains an adjunct appointment in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto where he teaches regularly. A sport-for-life advocate, Kirk co-founded a not-for-profit that engages Indigenous youth in active healthy living. An insatiable traveler, sour-dough bread maker, martial artist, and former alluvial gold miner Kirk's career is built on hard work, driving collaboration and achieving impact.