Dr. Uma Naidoo is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, professional chef, and NYT bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Food — one of the most credible voices working at the intersection of nutrition and mental health. Her course of the same name was built to take the science in the book further than a book could go: a structured, progressive learning experience that gave students a practical roadmap for improving their mental health through diet. COURSE handled the full production build — curriculum development, video production, editing, and LMS setup — from the ground up.
Curriculum development organized Dr. Naidoo's research and clinical expertise into a course architecture that moved students through the material in a logical sequence, building foundational knowledge before layering in the more nuanced dietary and psychiatric science the course was designed to deliver. The challenge was calibrating depth against accessibility — every module had to honor the rigor of her medical background while staying genuinely followable for students without a clinical foundation. Lesson objectives were clearly defined, pacing was built around how non-medical learners absorbed complex science, and the overall structure was designed to deliver the kind of measurable understanding that gave students confidence to apply what they were learning to their own lives.
Video production gave the curriculum its delivery. Working with Dr. Naidoo on camera, our team captured her expertise with the professional visual and audio quality her brand required — clean lighting, crisp sound, and a presentation style that felt like a trusted conversation rather than a clinical lecture. Each lesson was produced to make complex nutritional psychiatry concepts feel as accessible as they were scientifically grounded, with the warmth and credibility that had made her book a bestseller carrying through into every recorded session.
Post-production editing refined the raw footage into polished, distraction-free lessons — tight cuts, clear pacing, and consistent visual quality throughout. Supporting graphics and on-screen elements were incorporated where they added clarity to technical content without overcomplicating the viewing experience. LMS setup gave the finished course its home — configuring the platform with intuitive navigation, module sequencing, progress tracking, and resource access so that students could move through the program smoothly and return to specific lessons without friction.
The result was a fully built, professionally produced course that matched the standard Dr. Naidoo had set with her book and extended it into a learning format that could reach students around the world — at their own pace, on their own schedule, with the same depth of guidance her clinical work delivered.
Services Delivered
- Curriculum development and lesson architecture
- Module sequencing and learning objective design
- Professional video production — lighting, audio, and on-camera direction
- Post-production video editing and pacing
- Supporting graphics and on-screen elements
- LMS platform setup and configuration
- Navigation, progress tracking, and resource access optimization
