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#41: Genomics: Affects of Life and Wellbeing on Genes and Health – Professor Steve Cole

1h 12m · Health Psychology and Human Nature · 11 Aug 09:04

How does our Life affect our genes and in turn our health? Can our wellbeing make us more resilient? How does threat and uncertainty affect our Health? In today’s episode Steve provides his thoughts on these questions and more.

 

Steve Cole is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the UCLA School of Medicine. He studies e.g. how life events, loneliness, wellbeing and subjective experiences affect our gene expression and health.

 

Hope you will enjoy today's episode.

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