Aileen Burford-Mason, Ph.D.

 “The Healthy Brain: How Diet and Supplements Can Help Optimize Brain Power At Any Age”

Dr. Burford-Mason is an immunologist, cell biologist and orthomolecular nutritionist (a specialized field of nutrition that uses diet as well as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other substances naturally present in the body to treat and prevent disease). She is author of “Eat Well, Age Better” (2012) and “The Healthy Brain” (2017) and is one of Canada’s leading advocates for the scientific basis for nutrition evidence-based use of diet and dietary supplements in healthcare.  Dr. Burford has been an assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the director of a cancer research laboratory at the Toronto General Hospital.