HIE’s Optimal Health researchers are working to move beyond the typical definition of health as the absence of disease to enable humans to achieve optimal health: a natural state where cells and organs are at their optimal metabolic and physiological capacity, ensuring functional cognitive and physical longevity. Traditionally seen as an unattainable goal, they are working towards its achievement by combining basic science, clinical research and targeted algorithms. This work includes investigations of obesity, mitochondrial dysfunction, and why some people appear to age faster than they should. Current research priorities are the root causes of mitochondrial dysfunction, systemic oxidative-stress and inflammation and the role of hormesis in their resolution. The work extends from the study of single molecules through to the detailed analysis of human physiology. Learn more about the Research Centre for Optimal Health (ReCOH).
Current projects
- Bioenergetic Health Index
- The Role of biophotonics and Electromagnetic Fields in Cellular Communications and Bioenergetics and Modulation by Natural Products
- cT1 Analysis Trial
- Population-level Imaging, Genomic and Phenotypic Analyses to Determine how Bone Marrow Adiposity Impacts Human Health
- Visualisation of Biophotons in Living Systems at the Microscopic Level
- Using Genetics to Test the Disease Consequences of Higher Adiposity Uncoupled from its Adverse Metabolic Effects
- Can a Digital and IOT-enabled Behaviour Change Programme Achieve Fifteen-kilogram Weight loss and Seventy Percent Type 2 Diabetes Remission Rates?
- Investigating the Health Potential of Herbal Teas and Products through Mitochondrial Activity Analysis and Intervention Study