Dr. Brandon Lucke-Wold graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Neuroscience and distinction in honors from Baylor University. He completed his MD/Ph.D., Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research, and the Global Health Track at West Virginia University School of Medicine. He served as a health coach for the Diabetes Prevention and Management program in Morgantown and Charleston, WV, at West Virginia University, which significantly improved health outcomes for participants. He is also a Neurosurgery Resident at the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida. He is a co-founder of the biotechnology company SwiftScience, the pharmaceutical company ProPhos Neuroscience, and was a science advocate on Capitol Hill through the Washington Fellows program. His research focus is on traumatic brain injury, neurosurgical simulation, and stroke.