Biohack Your Brain : How To Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power

Kristen Willeumier, PhD, has devoted her career towards researching how diet, lifestyle, nutrition and sports related concussions impact brain health and longevity. Dr. Willeumier served as the Director of Neuroimaging Research for the Amen Clinics from 2009-2016 to help advance the research mission of exploring how brain SPECT imaging can transform clinical practice. Together with colleagues, she has led a number of high-profile clinical research trials investigating the long-term effects of repetitive subconcussive impacts in NFL football players. Subsequent work focused on therapeutic approaches to rehabilitate brain function in athletes. Her research encompasses work in the areas of psychiatry and neuroimaging as it applies to traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, autism, biomarkers of suicide, obesity, gender differences in brain function, clinical outcomes, brain rehabilitation and applications of machine learning in psychiatric disorders.