托马斯·N·赛弗里德（生于1946年）是一位美国生物学、遗传学和生物化学教授，任教于波士顿学院。他于1976年在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校获得博士学位。博士后研究期间，他在耶鲁大学医学院神经科学系担任助理教授。他的本科学业在新英格兰大学（前身为圣弗朗西斯学院）完成，并在伊利诺伊州立大学诺玛尔分校获得遗传学硕士学位。
赛弗里德教授的研究聚焦于慢性疾病机制，如癌症、癫痫、神经退行性脂质储积病和热量限制饮食。他在150多篇同行评议的出版物中发表过文章。他曾担任国家泰萨克斯及相关疾病协会科学咨询委员会主席，并目前在多个期刊的编辑委员会中任职，包括《营养与代谢》、《神经化学研究》、《脂质研究杂志》和《ASN神经》。
他于2012年出版的书籍《癌症作为代谢性疾病：关于癌症的起源、管理和预防》引起广泛关注。赛弗里德教授在癌症主题上是一位备受欢迎的采访嘉宾。
2023年5月25日，赛弗里德教授出现在“Target: Cancer Podcast”中，谈论酮饮食和癌症。该访谈名为“酮饮食能否消除癌细胞生长？托马斯·赛弗里德博士说是”，并可在YouTube上观看。
赛弗里德教授还在越战期间在美国军队服役，获得了铜星勋章、空军勋章和陆军嘉奖勋章。他的父亲威廉·E·赛弗里德，Sr.在二战期间在美国商船队服役，并是马萨诸塞州布罗克顿市Capeway Paints公司的创始人和总裁。他的弟弟威廉·E·赛弗里德，Jr.是明尼苏达大学地球与环境科学系的教授，获得了南加州大学的博士学位。托马斯·赛弗里德和妻子卡伦居住在马萨诸塞州福克斯伯勒。
Thomas N. Seyfried (born 1946) is an American professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1976. His postdoctoral fellowship studies were in the Department of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine where he served as an assistant professor in neurology. He did undergraduate work at the University of New England, formerly St. Francis College, and received a master’s degree in genetics from Illinois State University, Normal.
His research focuses on mechanisms of chronic diseases such as cancer, epilepsy, neurodegenerative lipid storage diseases, and caloric restriction diets.[2] Thomas N. Seyfried has been published in over 150 peer-reviewed publications.[3] He previously served as chair, Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association and presently serves on several editorial boards, including those for Nutrition & Metabolism, Neurochemical Research, the Journal of Lipid Research, and ASN Neuro. His 2012 book is Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer. Seyfried is a popular interview guest regarding the topic of cancer.
Seyfried appeared as a guest on the Target: Cancer Podcast on May 25, 2023, where he talks about Keto diet and Cancer. The interview is called “Can a keto diet eliminate cancer growth? Dr. Thomas Seyfried says yes” and it’s available on Youtube.
Seyfried also served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, receiving the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.[5] His father, William E. Seyfried, Sr., served in the United States Merchant Marines during World War II and was president and founder of Capeway Paints in Brockton, Massachusetts.[6] His brother William E. Seyfried, Jr. is a University of Minnesota professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences who obtained a PhD from the University of Southern California.[7] Thomas Seyfried and his wife Karen live in Foxboro, Massachusetts.[8][9]
