About this episode

Dr. Lavinia Alberi discusses how saliva can predict brain health and the impact of hustle culture on cognitive performance.

EPISODE SUMMARY What if your saliva could predict your brain health, stress resilience, and even your future risk of dementia? In this episode, neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur Dr. Lavinia Alberi reveals how the future of healthcare is shifting from reactive medicine to real-time precision diagnostics — and why so many ambitious entrepreneurs are unknowingly damaging their cognitive performance in the pursuit of success. We explore the hidden neurological cost of hustle culture, the science of cognitive resilience, and how to build a million-dollar life without sacrificing your brain, body, or relationships. WE TALKED ABOUT … Why dementia may begin decades before the first forgotten name … Neuroscience-based high-performance habits … Why your saliva may reveal more about your health than you think EPISODE NOTES Dr. Lavinia Alberi is a neuroscientist and biotech entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience decoding the mechanisms of neurodegeneration and dementia. Building on a distinguished academic career — including leadership roles at Johns Hopkins University, Heidelberg University, University of Fribourg, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) —…

People in this episode

Host: Claudia Garbutt

Guest: Dr. Lavinia Alberi

Topics covered

• brain health
• salivary biomarkers
• cognitive resilience
• hustle culture
• preventive medicine
• high-performance habits

Keywords

• brain health
• salivary biomarkers
• dementia risk
• cognitive performance
• hustle culture
• high-performance habits
• preventive medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins University, Heidelberg University, University of Fribourg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), VitalizeDx

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