Mary Pines, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Mary has a combined 20 years of experience in research, education, and consulting, with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Genetics from the University of Cambridge. She pivoted from biomedical research to integrative health 8 years ago after her own health crisis had her trying to navigate burnout recovery in a medical system that could not help her.
She finally left academia and moved to Kauai to get well. Eventually, she healed her body and learned how to optimize her health using simple, lifestyle-based, natural approaches - things she was utterly shocked and dismayed weren’t discussed in any of the many conversations she had had in doctors’ offices.
This ignited her passion for teaching others how to optimize their health too. She launched a successful wellness consultancy with a mission to create deeply personalized routes to vitality that blend the best in cutting-edge health, functional genomics, and ancient medicine.
She helps people understand their bodies and optimize their health and educates, empowers, and advocates for their place in the medical system so they can live long, healthy lives.