Dr. Michele Ross

Dr. Michele Ross is the author of Vitamin Weed: A 4-Step Plan to Prevent & Reverse Endocannabinoid Deficiency as well as Train Your Brain to Get Thin.

A neuroscientist and serial social good entrepreneur, she founded the first 501c3 nonprofit research institute on cannabis and women's health. She is now CEO of Infused Health, a platform for cannabis education and health coaching aimed at helping women with chronic illness live their best lives.

Dr. Ross has spent her breaking boundaries and was the first scientist in the world to star on a reality television series, spending 66 days on the hit CBS show Big Brother in 2009. She has overcome numerous health challenges including being wheelchair bound and diagnosed with fibromyalgia and helps other women defy the odds daily.

Cannabis is the way we will bridge gaps in healthcare for women and minorities, and return to a more compassionate way of treating sickness.

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