Gina Bria
Hydration Foundation
Founder & CEO
Gina Bria is an anthropologist, author and founder of the Hydration Foundation to better hydrate people, plants, animals and soils. The Hydration Foundation has been responsible for accelerating research in key areas of 4th phase water in liquid crystalline form; clinical studies in hydration; pilot projects in schools and nursing homes; field research in soil microbiology and crop enhancement and the development of new water technologies like spin funnels, lowering cost and accessibility. She convened the first ever TEDxNewYorkSalon event on structured water, featuring Dr. Gerald Pollack, who first identified 4th phase water. Her own TEDxtalk, How to Grow Water: It's Not Only Blue, It's Green, identifies plants in hydration strategies around the globe. A Berlin Fellow with the Social Science Research Council and an NIH finalist in medieval scholarship, Bria was named Real World Scholar and her research chapter in The New Global Agenda: Priorities and Practices, serves as a policy guide for SDG initiatives on the place of water in health and wealth. Her research on the primacy of water in accelerating soil recovery has opened new doors in regenerative agriculture for irrigation innovation. The Hydration Foundation’s innovative philanthropic initiative supports public donations directly to farmers to accelerate soil decontamination through irrigation systems widely in place. For every $99 gift, 3 acres of farmland are restored.
She is co-author of QUENCH: A Five-Day Plan to Optimal Hydration with Dr. Dana Cohen, MD, recommended by The New York Times, The London Times, O Magazine, NPR Cool Science is now in 6 languages. Bria also established HyFo Lab, LLC in 2018 for structured water testing using the Pollack Lab protocol to set standards for structured water products.
The Hydration Foundation’s most recent initiative was the launch of the first ever, public service Hydration Solution Summit, with 30 interviews from top physicians and scientists raising a chorus of respected voices on the urgency of hydration in modern conditions.