The Life and Times of a Scientist

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I went through the department at UCSD and. it was fairly prolific there. So I accepted a faculty job out of straight out of grad school at the University of Illinois and Urbana Champagne. But I wanted to identify the person who I thought was the leader in the world that I wanted to connect with on the topic. And so I reached out to Lee or actually had my advisor reach out to Lee because I was afraid that I would be lost in all of his email. The entire response back to my application was price looks great. That was the entire email that's on set. He ended up moving about two years ago to become the chief first to see over a startup AI

We are on the cusp of a major transformation in healthcare. Using information gleaned from our blood and genes and tapping into the data revolution made possible by AI, doctors can catch the onset of disease years before symptoms arise, revolutionizing prevention. At top hospitals and a few innovative health-tech startups, scientists are working closely with patients to dramatically extend their “healthspan”―the number of healthy years before disease sets in. In The Age of Scientific Wellness, two visionary leaders of this revolution in health take us on a thrilling journey to this new frontier of medicine.

Hood, Price, and Shermer discuss: why we age and die • sickcare vs. healthcare • the 10 most popular drugs in the U.S. work for only about 10% of treated people • chronological age ≠ biological age • life expectancy, life span, longevity, and healthspan • why eliminating all cancers would only increase average life span by 3 years • genome vs. phenome • gut biome • optimizing brain function • brain plasticity • sleep, nutrition, exercise • Alzheimer’s • AI and quantum computing for better health.