Dennis M. Bier, M.D.
Dennis M. Bier, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center, and Program Director of the NIH General Clinical Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine.  He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Bier also currently serves as Co-President of the American Society for Nutrition, Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Nutrition, and Chairman of the Board of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Research Foundation. He is a member of the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee, a member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition and Electrolytes of The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, the ILSI Board of Trustees, the McDonald’s Global Advisory Council on Balanced, Active Lifestyles, and the Mars Nutrition Research Council. He has been President of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, President of the NIH General Clinical Research Centers Programs Directors Association, Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Research, Councilor of the American Pediatric Society, Chairman of the NIH Nutrition Study Section, and Chairman of the NIH General Clinical Research Centers Committee.  He has also served as a member of various other scientific advisory panels, including the HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the IOM Food and Nutrition Board, the FDA Food Advisory Committee, the Medical Science Advisory Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Task Force and Steering Committee of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program, and the Advisory Board of the National Stable Isotopes Resource at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Bier was a member of the Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth responsible for the report “Preventing Childhood Obesity, Health in the Balance” recently released by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science. Dr. Bier has authored more than 240 scientific publications and, for his research work, he has received the E.V. McCollum Award from the American Institute of Nutrition, the Grace A. Goldsmith Award from the American College of Nutrition, the General Clinical Research Centers Award for Excellence in Clinical Research from the NIH, and the Distinguished Service Award from Washington University School of Medicine.

Oz Garcia, Ph.D.
A highly regarded nutritional counselor and life extension specialist, Oz Garcia is also the best selling author of The Balance and The Healthy HighTech Body, updated and released as Look and Feel Fabulous Forever. Twice voted best nutritionist by New York Magazine, Oz Garcia lectures on the most current breakthroughs in therapeutic power foods and state-of the-art supplements and drugs to slow down the aging process and bring people to their highest health potential. Oz Garcia is CEO of the successful health and well-being consulting firm, Personal Best Inc., which specializes in progressive nutrition and anti-aging solutions, and is also the founder of The Longevity Lounge, a unique clinical destination where you can undo the ravages of aging both internally and externally. Garcia has been spokesperson for companies such as Glaceau Vitamin Water, Equinox Fitness Club International and The Celebrity Diet on QVC. He is also the head of health and nutritional services for Equinox Fitness Clubs worldwide, consultant to the East Coast Alliance of Trainers (where he has trained and worked with more than 10,000 trainers over the past 10 years), and the world renowned Life Extension Foundation, whose CD-Rom is included with his new book. Oz is frequently consulted by some of the most respected names in medicine for his up-to-the-minute views on nutrition and its role on human health. He has been a key speaker at many medical conferences, been featured in top fashion and health & fitness magazines and has made numerous television appearances.

Robert A. Harris, Ph.D.
Robert A. Harris completed a B.S. in chemistry at Iowa State University in 1962, a M.S. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1965 from Purdue University. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow, National Multiple Sclerosis Society from 1966-1968 and Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison from 1968-1969. He was appointed Associate Professor in 1970 and Professor in 1975 of the Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine. He served as Associate Chairman from 1983-1988 and Chairman from 1988-2004 of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine. He currently is Showalter Professor of Biochemistry and Distinguished Professor of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Harris maintains an active research laboratory, serves as course director and major lecturer for B800, Medical Biochemistry, and as a PBL facilitator for the Concepts of Health and Disease course for the medical students of Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Harris has held visiting appointments at Metabolic Research laboratory, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, 1973-74; Laboratory of Metabolism, National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland, 1980; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Nagoya, Japan, 1983; Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, 1983; and Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986. Honors include the Carrie Wolf Award, Indiana Affiliate, American Heart Association, 1974, 1976; Young Investigator Award, Indiana Diabetes Association, 1977; Distinguished Teaching Award (AMOCO) from Indiana University, 1981; Outstanding Professor in Basic Sciences at Indianapolis, chosen by the Medical Class, 1981-1990, 1997-2001, 2004; Edward C. Moore Award for Outstanding Teaching at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 1985; Research Recognition Medal from University of Nagoya, School of Medicine, Japan, 1989; Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor, chosen by Biochemistry Graduate Students, 2001; Glynn W. Irwin Jr. Award for Distinguished Faculty Service, 2003; Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award, 2005; and “Sagamore of the Wabash” by Governor of the State of Indiana, 2004.