Your Fantastic Mind," a television series partnership between the Emory Brain Health Centerand Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), has been honored with six Emmy awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Southeast Chapter. The awards were announced June 19.

The news magazine-style show highlights patient stories and reports on pioneering science and clinical advances in the areas of neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, sleep medicine and rehabilitation medicine.

"Your Fantastic Mind" was nominated for seven Emmys and won six awards, including best TV series, in the following categories for Season 2: 

• Magazine Program – Series
• Health/Medical – Short Form Content – Phyllis and Richard
• Health/Medical – Long Form Content – Saving a Life from Depression
• Religion – The Sisters of Sacred Heart
• Magazine Program – Single Program – Does Your Dog Love You?
• Writer – Short Form Content – Jaye Watson

"The "Your Fantastic Mind" series is an insightful and compelling program that educates viewers about brain health issues, solutions and research that affect millions of families," says Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, executive vice president for health affairs at Emory. "Emory is proud to partner with GPB and honored to receive these awards." 

Season 2 of "Your Fantastic Mind" premiered in September 2020 and consisted of seven episodes airing on GPB’s statewide television network. Episodes featured researchers, experts and patients from Emory and other institutions, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, University of Kentucky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Rush University and others. Seasons one and two of the show were made possible with funding assistance from the Southern Company Charitable Foundation.

“We are excited to be recognized again this year with these Emmys for our second season. We love that we get to take viewers with us on a journey of the final frontier in science — the brain — by telling deeply human stories on the cutting edge of research. Our hope is not only to inform the viewer but to highlight ways that people can improve their own health and well-being,” says Jaye Watson, co-executive producer, host and writer of “Your Fantastic Mind.”

Watson is a video producer for the Emory Brain Health Center. She and Kenny Hamilton, Director of Videography for Emory Brain Health Center, serve as co-executive producers of the show. They are both Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning veteran Atlanta journalists.

Season 3 of “Your Fantastic Mind” is currently in production and will premiere later this fall. Please check your local listings for air dates and times.