Avi Roy

Oxford, England
President, Biogerontology Research Foundation
Founder, Big Data Science in Medicine Conference
Founder, The Longevity Reporter
Biomedical scientist researching Aging, Mitochondria, and Regenerative Medicine
I currently write for The Conversation, and I have written for The Guardian
Ringleader of the Oxford University Scientific Society
Designing exciting events with the British Science Association Oxford
Co-founder at the Oxford Transhumanism and Emerging Technologies
Advisory Board member at Lifeboat Foundation's Life Extension Board, and the Sustainability Board

2015 - Personalized Medicine is Great, but What About Personalized Health

Even with the advent of personalized or precision capabilities, today's medical philosophy favours a reactionary stance over a preventative one. As we begin to question what true health actually means, is the personalization of medicine really going to improve our quality of life or will it simply lead to greater efficiency in treating the symptoms without tackling the underlying cause of chronic diseases. We argue to look beyond adequate comparative health to real, unadulterated health and a personalized preventative and regenerative approach may offer us a suitable alternative to achieve this. This alternative should be a more well-rounded, holistic model which emphasises quality as well as quantity, at the expense of neither.