Scientific Advisory Board

The Global Obesity Prevention center (GOPC) Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) provides guidance to the GOPC leadership on its research agenda and endeavors. The SAB consists of leading scientific experts in obesity research and policy from around the world.

Boyd Swinburn, MBChB, MD, FRAC SAB Chair Professor, Population Nutrition and Global Health Deakin University and University of Auckland

Nancy Butte, RD, MPH, PhD SAB Member Professor, Pediatrics at the Children's Nutrition Research Center Baylor College of Medicine

Terry Huang, PhD, MPH SAB Co-Chair Professor, Health Promotion, Social, and Behavioral Health City University of New York School of Public Health

David Levy, PhD SAB Member Professor, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Georgetown University

Tim Lobstein, PhD SAB Member Director of Policy, World Obesity Federation International Association for the Study of Obesity, UK

Aviva Must, PhD SAB Member Professor, Public Health & Community Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine

Michael S. Rendall, PhD SAB Member Director, Maryland Population Research Center University of Maryland, College Park

Juan Rivera, PhD SAB Member Director, Research Center in Nutrition and Health National Institute of Public Health, Mexico

Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH SAB Member Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine Irving Schulman Standford University School of Medicine