These are the dynamic men and women leading the way in the next phase of human evolution.
Judson Brewer MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and addiction specialist who currently serves as the director of research at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Brewer’s research focuses primarily on the neurobiology of habit formation and how to “rewire” addictions and habits. His numerous scientific accomplishments include: identification of brain regions that are activated with addiction and research into the influence that meditation has on brain activity. Judson has also developed a series of highly effective addiction treatment programs, including a stress eating program shown to decouple craving and stress-related eating Go Eat Right Now and smoking cessation program demonstrated to be two times as effective as the gold standard treatment in clinical trials Craving to Quit. He is the author of “The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love—Why We Get Hooked & How We Can Break Bad Habits” (Yale University Press, 2017).
