Ep. 72 Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE FRCP (Hon)

Baroness Susan Greenfield is, by any standards, quite an extraordinary woman.

 An English scientist, writer, broadcaster, and member of the House of Lords, she has held research fellowships in the Department of Physiology Oxford, the College de France Paris, and NYU Medical Center New York. She has been awarded 32 Honorary Degrees from British and foreign universities.  From 1998- 2010 she served as Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain. 

 She is known for her role in popularising science through her many public lectures and appearances on radio and television as well as her many published papers and several books about the brain, including the British best seller – The Human Brain: A Guided Tour. She is now CEO of an incredible biotech company (www.neuro-bio.com) which she founded in 2013 to develop a disruptive approach to Alzheimer’s disease based on her research exploring novel brain mechanisms linked to neurodegeneration. 

She’s regularly listed as one of the most influential women in Britain.

 And she’s a lot of fun. 

 As she closes in on an early detection system and potential cure for Alzheimer’s disease, she’s promised, when it does happen, to join me in dancing in the streets to mark the occasion. I’ve alerted her already that I’m limbering up. We all hope it’s sooner rather than later. The little I know of Lady Greenfield makes me realise that she will be relentless in making it happen. 

Head to the link in my bio to listen to this episode. 

www.susangreenfield.com

www.neuro-bio.com

Visit instagram @reallyinterestingwomen for further interviews and posts of interesting women in history.

Follow the link to leave a review....and tell your friends
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/really-interesting-women/id1526764849