David Diamond received his Ph.D. in Biology in 1985 from the University of California, Irvine, with a specialization in neuroscience. He recently retired as a Career Scientist in the Department of Veterans Affairs following 30 years of service and is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Cognitive, Neural and Social Science Division, at the University of South Florida. He has over 150 publications, reviews and book chapters, with research that has been funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation and pharmaceutical companies. His primary research interests include the study of stress, brain and memory, with animal and clinical research on PTSD and Alzheimers disease. He has served as an expert witness on the neuropsychology of memory in legal cases involving catastrophic memory failures that resulted in a loss of life. In addition, he has developed a second area of research challenging established views that high cholesterol causes cardiovascular disease. He has received numerous awards for his research, including the Department of Veterans Affairs Research Career Scientist Award, the Weston A. Price Foundation - Mary Enig Integrity in Science Award, and Award for Outstanding Contribution to Science Riga Diabetes and Obesity World Congress. In 2024, he was elected a Fellow in the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is listed by ScholarGPS among the Top 1% of all scientists in career accomplishments.