DLF Announces Exciting Online Concert
Dan Lewis Foundation

The DLF is very pleased to announce its first online concert to be streamed on the evening of March 28th, 2026 (starting 8:00 P.M. Eastern). The concert will feature a variety of wonderful musical performers from across the country including:


  • Low Strung Cellos: terrific acoustic ensemble featuring original interpretations of rock and pop hits
  • Denver Spirituals Choir: inspiring choral arrangements of spirituals and gospel music
  • Bill Hill and friends: extraordinary percussionist and composer in small ensemble setting
  • Anthony Davis: lauded jazz pianist and Pulitzer Prize winning composer
  • Yale Symphony Orchestra: selections from its superb repertoire
A cellist with bow and cello, playing in an orchestra. Other musicians visible in the background.
Percussion instruments, including cymbals, gongs, drums, and xylophone, arranged on stands in a concert hall.

This event will be emceed by Jonathan LaPook, M.D., Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News. Dr. LaPook will introduce performers and provide brief informational segments between performances about brain injury, objectives of the DLF, and innovation/leadership within the field of brain regeneration research. Donations to support the DLF will be welcomed during the concert.


Further details about the concert will be sent to you in January and February. In the meantime, please save the date and plan to join us. This promises to be an entertaining and stimulating event! 

A close-up of a glowing neural network with interconnected blue fibers and bright nodes against a dark background.

Restoring Communication in the Injured Brain

By Justin Burrell, PhD • March 17, 2026
A Neuroengineer’s Approach to Rebuilding Neural Circuits Note: Justin Burrell is the 2025 winner of the DLF Prize for Post-Doctoral Research. This article emphasizes the regenerative potential of improving the connectivity of replenished neural material.
Dan Lewis Foundation logo above the title: MAKING HEADWAY, An Evening of Scientific Advances and Musical Interludes PART I.

Making Headway: An Evening of Scientific Advances and Musical Interludes

By Hal Lewis • March 17, 2026
The Dan Lewis Foundation proudly presents Making Headway: An Evening of Scientific Advances and Musical Interludes DLF INFOTAINMENT FUNDRAISER WILL STREAM ON MARCH 26, 2026 The Dan Lewis Foundation will stream a program filled with up-to-date information about brain regeneration and terrific music on Thursday, March 26th. The event will be co-hosted by Dr. Jonathan LaPook, Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News and Dr. David Margulies, biomedical and biotechnology writer and innovator and co-founder of the Dan Lewis Foundation. The musical performers will be Low Strung , a tremendous group of cellists who arrange and perform classic rock on their acoustic cellos and the Yale Symphony Orchestra playing two pieces from their 2025 season repertoire. The program will stream at 5:00 P.M. (Pacific), 6:00 P.M. (Mountain), 7:00 P.M. (Central), 8:00 P.M. (Eastern). This free program will be approximately one hour in length. The link to the event, which will activate on Thursday, March 26th at the above time(s) is: here . In late June, a similar program will be presented with additional information about the neuroscience and biotechnology of brain regeneration. This program will feature the Bill Hill Jazz Project and jazz pianist and Pulitzer Prize winning opera composer, Anthony Davis. Details of that event will be distributed in mid-June. We hope you will join us for this event. An informative and enjoyable program is promised!