Before you’re even born, your parents’ health is already shaping your future wellbeing. Welcome to the world of epigenetics: where environmental factors – stress, diet and infection – leave molecular marks on genes, altering their expression across generations.  

Professor Anthony Hannan from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health shares how a father’s health can impact offspring development, why our hunter-gatherer brains struggle with modern life and how precision medicine could transform future healthcare.

Before you&rsquo;re even born, your parents&rsquo; health is already shaping your future wellbeing. Welcome to the world of epigenetics: where environmental factors &ndash; stress, diet and infection &ndash; leave molecular marks on genes, altering their expression across generations. &nbsp;
Professor Anthony Hannan from the <a href="https://florey.edu.au/">Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health</a> shares&nbsp;how a father&rsquo;s health can impact offspring development, why our hunter-gatherer brains struggle with modern life and how precision medicine could transform future healthcare.

This is PsychTalks: a podcast that deep dives into groundbreaking research in psychology. Hear psychology and neuroscience experts unpack how our minds work – and discover how these insights can enrich your own life and help others. Made by the University of Melbourne’s School of Psychological Sciences.

 

This is PsychTalks: a podcast that deep dives into groundbreaking research in psychology. Hear psychology and neuroscience experts unpack how our minds work &ndash; and discover how these insights can enrich your own life and help others. Made by the University of Melbourne&rsquo;s School of Psychological Sciences.
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