Visiting Research Scientist

Tommy Wood is a Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience at the University of Washington and a Visiting Scientist at the IHMC.

Wood’s current research includes the physiological and metabolic responses to brain injury and their long-term effects on brain health, as well as developing easily-accessible methods with which to track human health, performance, and longevity. The majority of his academic work has focused on developing animal models of hypoxic-ischemic and traumatic brain injuries in the developing brain in order to test therapeutic approaches, but also includes adult neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.

In addition to his academic training, Wood has provided performance consulting for Olympians and world champions in a dozen different sports. He is a director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and sits on the scientific advisory board of Hintsa Performance, which includes researching performance optimization strategies for Formula 1 drivers.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, share their home with two goofy boxers, and in his spare time, Wood can usually be found cooking, reading, or lifting something heavy.