Gina Gardiner & Friends with Kristen Willeumier

Kristen Willeumier BIO and LINKS

Kristen Willeumier, PhD, is a neuroscientist with research expertise in neurobiology and neuroimaging. Dr. Willeumier holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from Boston College, an M.S. degree in Physiological Science from UCLA in the College of Letters and Sciences and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Neurobiology from UCLA in the David Geffen School of Medicine. She was a postdoctoral scientist in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she continued her research in the genetic analysis of neurological disorders. She was the recipient of a National Research Service Award Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health and has presented her work internationally. Having served as the Director of Neuroimaging Research for the Amen Clinics, she led the efforts in utilizing imaging technologies to understand the neurobiological signatures underlying psychiatric disorders. In this capacity, she oversaw many pioneering studies, including a clinical research trial investigating the long-term effects of repetitive subconcussive and concussive impacts in National Football League players. Subsequent work focused on therapeutic approaches to rehabilitate brain function in athletes with mild traumatic brain injury and the application of machine learning algorithms to neuroimaging data to improve the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Willeumier is currently the Founder & CEO of the Willeumier Center for Advanced Research in Neurotrauma & Brain Rehabilitation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to studying the long-term effects of psychological and physical trauma on cognitive health and the use of innovative, cutting-edge technologies along with dietary and lifestyle modifications to restore, rehabilitate, and optimize brain function. She is widely published in peer-reviewed medical journals including The Journal of Alzheimers Disease, Translational Psychiatry and The Journal of Neuroscience and is the author of the book Biohack Your Brain: How to Boost Cognitive Health, Performance & Power (William Morrow, HarperCollins). She lives in Los Angeles, CA, with her husband and two rescue dogs, Oscar and Olivia.

Topic: I would love to continue our conversation about the importance of cultivating optimized brain health, its relationship to managing stress and mental health issues, and how these topics relate to your area of expertise as a transformational leadership coach. Many of us are aware of how to become physically fit, but what about being mentally and emotionally fit?

Website: https://www.willeumierneurosciencecenter.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-willeumier-ph-d-2663014/