Lecture Series

Join us on February 21, 2024, for the “Conquering the inflammation epidemic on the path to health and resilience” lecture with Floyd H. "Ski" Chilton, PhD, Professor, Nutritional Sciences and Wellness, Director, Center for Precision Nutrition and Wellness. The lecture will take place at the Health Sciences Innovation Building, 1670 E. Drachman St., Tucson, AZ 85721, and will also be live-streamed. 

The objective is to help individuals obtain and sustain health (physical and emotional), lose weight (if needed), reduce inflammation, and prevent premature aging, suffering, and death. The talk will: 1) emphasize that much of our physical and emotional well-being and vitality is determined by how we navigate unstable transitions in our lives and develop resilience; 2) provide advice that is scientifically based, safe, and sustainable; 3) call attention to the obesity-inflammation connection; and 4) provide specific steps to conquer the twin inflammation and unhappiness epidemics. Many of these steps are found in my six books including Inflammation Nation, Made to Crave Action Plan, The Rewired Brain, and There is Another Way to Happiness.

Dr. Chilton is passionate about providing solutions to overcome physical and emotional suffering so that people can live better, more joyful lives. He is a successful innovator in a wide range of areas including an academic professor (with over 160 scientific publications), an entrepreneur (starting four companies and one non-profit organization), and an inventor (holding over 25 patents). Dr. Chilton is widely recognized in academia and industry for his work on nutrition in the context of variation in the human genome and has been a pioneer in the areas of personalized or precision nutrition and wellness. Dr. Chilton has over 35 years of continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health. 

In addition to his academic publications, Dr. Chilton is a bestselling author of six lay books on physical and mental health. Particularly notable among these are Inflammation Nation, which foresaw the inflammation epidemic, The Rewired Brain, which focused on the profound influence of the unconscious mind, and his most recent book, There is Another Way to Happiness which provides the framework for a 4-Step CAST process and meditation practices to enhance emotional joy.

His list of awards is extensive. He received the Alumni Award for Academic and Professional Achievement from Western Carolina University, and the Established Investigator Award from Wake Forest School of Medicine. More recently, the University of Arizona honored him with both the Outstanding Research Impact Award and the Inventor of the Year Award. He was also recently inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Inventors.

This free lecture is open to the public.

Complimentary parking will be available in lot 2012, adjacent to the building.

Register by February 21, 2024.

When

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21, 2024

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