<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thomas Seyfried, PhD is a Professor of Biology at Boston College, and received his PhD in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1976. He did his undergraduate work at the University of New England where he recently received the distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. He also holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Genetics from Illinois State University, Normal, IL. Thomas Seyfried served with distinction in the United States Army’s First Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War and received numerous medals and commendations. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine and then served on the faculty as an Assistant Professor in Neurology. Other awards and honors have come from such diverse organizations as the American Oil Chemists Society, the National Institutes of Health, The American Society for Neurochemistry, and the Ketogenic Diet Special Interest Group of the American Epilepsy Society. Dr. Seyfried previously served as Chair of, Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Academy of Complimentary and Integrative Medicine, the International Dose-Response Society, and the Uncompromising Science Award from the American College of Nutrition for his work on cancer. He presently serves on several editorial boards, including those for Nutrition &amp; Metabolism, Neurochemical Research, the Journal of Lipid Research, and ASN Neuro, where he is a Senior Editor. Dr. Seyfried has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and is the author of the book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer (Wiley Press). His book was also translated into Chinese. He has described his research on many podcasts and radio shows and his work is central to the documentary film, The Cancer Revolution. Dr. Seyfried’s full list of peer-reviewed publications can be found on PubMed (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</a>).</span></p>
