Dr Chris Macdonald
@drchrismacdonald
👨🔬 Scientist | Founder | Author 🏥 Health Tech🍴Better Protein 🏆 40 Under 40 in Science 🥇 Innovation of the Year 📍 University of Cambridge 🎯 On a mission to provide 1M free treatments in 2026 🔗 DrChrisMacdonald.com
🤔 Perhaps, because it reviews the latest scientific literature and reveals how we can prevent avoidable declines in physical and cognitive function. Link to the open access paper: doi.org/10.3389/fnut... Share far and wide. This can transform lives. #protein #exercise #healthspan
In my new op-ed, I make the case for a radical UK protein transition: theconversation.com/how-a-new-pl... Among other profound and shocking benefits, this would revolutionise UK self-sufficiency and national security. A timely read amid rising geopolitical uncertainty. #sustainability
My TED Talk just went live. I explain how and why I used neuroscience and virtual reality to build the most effective treatment for speech anxiety—and how and why I am making it freely available to all. Link in bio or just search "Chris Macdonald TED Talk" on YouTube.
The full talk is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVU... In the talk, I explain how and why I built the most effective treatment for speech anxiety—and how and why I am making it freely available. Share widely. Together we can transform millions of lives!
My TED Talk is now live... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVU... In the talk, I explain how and why I built the most effective treatment for speech anxiety—and how and why I am making it freely available. Please share - this free treatment is life-changing for anyone who experiences speech anxiety.
My latest research paper is gaining increasing media attention... The paper reveals a surprisingly simple no-cost strategy that can more than double sales of meat-free products. Link to open access paper: doi.org/10.3389/fsuf...
My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is continuing to gather positive media attention 🙌 Thank you to Green Nudges for the feature. Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... Thank you for all of the support! #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge
🥳🥳🥳🥳 We did it!!! We won the Global EdTech Award for using virtual reality and neuroscience to create the most effective treatment for the fear of public speaking! Find out more here: www.eurekalert.org/news-release... Original research paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #edtech 🙌
My new paper reveals how I used consumer insights to create the most effective nudge to increase sales of sustainable food 🙌 Share far and wide 🌱 Link to open access paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge
My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is continuing to gather positive media attention 🙌 Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability #vegan #greennudge
My new paper on how to increase sustainable food consumption is starting to gather media attention 🙌 Link to paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/sus... #sustainablefood #sustainability
The ball is in Greggs’ court now... Earlier this week, my publication revealed a trick that can more than double sales of meat-free products at Greggs. Today, I shared the findings with them. I also let them know that I’d be happy to collaborate to help accelerate positive change.
📢 Exciting job opportunity! I’m looking for an exceptional Project Coordinator to expand the rollout of a ground-breaking edtech/medtech platform developed at my lab at the University of Cambridge. Find out more and apply: lucy.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/pr...
📢 New article alert! Want to encourage more sustainable diets? Then don’t talk about sustainability. That’s the surprising takeaway from my research. Read the full article for free here: theimpactmagazine.org/magaz… (page 22-23)
We did it again 🥳 🥳 🥳 We won the Cambridge University Excellence Award (for the third year running!). For this year’s entry, I used emerging tech to better translate and visualise emissions data.
Earlier this week, I was on BBC Science Hour with Chris Smith and Naga Munchetty. I shared my story of how I created the most effective treatment for speech anxiety and why I made it free for all. You can access it for free via link in bio. #socialanxiety #anxiety #vr #edtech #digitalhealth
What a week… 7 days ago, I launched a free online platform that helps people become more skilled and more confident public speakers. Find out more at: www.DrChrisMacdonald.com #virtualreality #publicspeaking #edtech #healthtech #fearofpublicspeaking #speechanxiety #socialanxiety #anxiety
I set a simple but ambitious mission: create the most effective treatment for the most common fear, and make it freely available to all. And today, I am so excited to reveal that I succeeded!!! Links to everything are available on my website (link in bio). #fearofpublicspeaking #speechanxiety
I set out with a simple but ambitious goal: create the most effective treatment for the most common fear, and make it freely and instantly accessible to all. Today, with the launch of my free online platform, I believe that I have achieved that goal. Conquer speech anxiety for free (link in bio)
🚨 I'm going on another tour! I will be exhibiting my new #virtualreality platform that eliminates the fear of #publicspeaking. This is your chance to conquer public speaking #anxiety once and for all – for free!
What an amazing way to end the year… I won the 2024 #DigitalHealthAward!!! I used #virtualreality to create the most effective treatment for #speechanxiety. Find out more about the project in my latest research paper: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #vr #exposuretherapy for #publicspeaking
🥳🙌 New research paper alert! In my latest paper, I describe how I used virtual reality to create the most effective treatment for the fear of public speaking (the most common fear!). Read the paper for free via link below: www.frontiersin.org/journals/vir... #EdTech #HealthTech #DigitalHealth
Well, this was certainly unexpected… “Dr Chris Macdonald wins prestigious 40 Under 40 Award in the Science and Innovation category” "Dr Macdonald was praised for being a powerful driving force of positive change” Thank you!!! Find out more here: www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-chri...