Cornerstones Of Brain Health With Dr. Tommy Wood

In this episode we speak with Dr. Tommy Wood about the cornerstones of brain health. Tommy Wood MD, PhD is an, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research interests include determining how early brain injury impacts brain health across the lifespan, as well as developing easily-accessible and equitable methods with which to track health, performance, and longevity in both professional athletes and the general population. He received an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge, a medical degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physiology and neuroscience from the University of Oslo. Tommy has acted as a performance consultant for professional athletes in a dozen different sports, serves as associate editor of the Wiley Journal Lifestyle Medicine, is a Director of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine, and consults for a number of digital health companies and charities that focus on how lifestyle and the environment can affect long-term health and chronic disease. Learning Points: • Are there many roads that lead to a healthy brain? • Can we beat our genetics? • Should we expect our brain health to diminish as we age? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtommywood/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrRagnar