NMI Summit 2025 Speaker
Dr. Rachel Gow, PhD
Rachel Gow, Ph.D. is a neuropsychologist specialising in child and adult mental health. She has specific expertise in ADHD, Autism, Depression, Anxiety and related learning and behaviour conditions and, she has worked in the field of Nutritional Neuroscience for many years. In addition, Dr. Gow is a Registered Nutritionist (under the category of Science). She was a Guest Researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Washington DC for 4 years (2012-2016) running a dietary (omega-3 essential fatty acids versus placebo) intervention, clinical research trial which recruited adults with ADHD. In 2018, she worked as Director of Research & Development for Daniel Amen and The Amen Clinics in Costa Mesa, California. Dr. Gow is currently a Lecturer in Clinical Neuroscience in the School of Life and health Sciences, University of Roehampton. She has a private consultancy clinic which provides a unique and comprehensive avenue to psychological health by adopting a personalised, science-based, integrative approach with interventions for the whole family.
Dr. Gow is a Lecturer in Psychology at St Mary’s university, Twickenham. She has lectured at various institutes including London Metropolitan University, the University of Surrey and the University of Bournemouth. Dr. Gow was awarded a Ph.D in Child Neuropsychology from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London; a Master of Science in Psychological Research Methods (Distinction) from Birkbeck University of London and an undergraduate Psychology degree First Class with Honors from the University of Kingston, London (accredited also by the British Psychological Society). Collectively, she has approximately 20 years of psychological research and experience.
She has published approximately 23 peer reviewed book chapters and scientific papers, and her first book “Smart Foods for ADHD and Mental Health” was published by Jessica Kingsley Publisher (part of the Hachette Group) in February 2021. Dr. Gow has given interview for various television (GMTV, BBC2, Sky News and Channel 4) and radio shows as well as featuring in other media outlets. She was named as a “Leading Lady” by Time & Leisure Magazine. In 2024, Nutritious Minds Trust was granted charitable status by the Charities Commission (Charity Number: 1206658) and provides a range of support and services to children and young people with neurodiverse conditions from low-income families.