Role: Expert

Dr. James Gavin III is a noted leader in the field of diabetes, serving as CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Healing Our Village, Inc, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Gavin is a former president of the American …

Dr. Faith Foreman is the Assistant Director of the Houston Department of Health & Human Services. She also serves as the Chair of Cities Changing Diabetes, a partnership program dedicated to investigating and solving the problem of diabetes in urban centers.  An expert in public and community health promotion, evaluation and planning, Foreman has led …

Dr. Timothy Garvey is a Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He obtained his MD degree, cum laude, from St. Louis University in 1978, and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital, Washington University, in 1981. He subsequently held faculty posts …

Dr. Bon Ku is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Ku founded and directs a program that teaches medical students to solve healthcare challenges using design thinking.  The first ever design program in a medical school empowers future doctors to redesign healthcare services, physical …

Dr. Donna Ryan is Professor and Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the President-Elect of the World Obesity Federation. Dr. Ryan has dedicated her career to obesity management and prevention, and she has initiated a multitude of studies regarding weight loss routine in medical practice and other aspects that …

Dr. Barbara Troupin, the Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc, is a licensed physician and Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. Dr. Barbara Troupin, MD is a family medicine doctor who practices in San Diego, CA. She has been practicing for 22 years. Dr. …

Dr. David Napier is a Professor of Medical Anthropology at University College London (UCL) and Director of its Science, Medicine, and Society Network. Professor Napier has been involved in three Lancet commissions, leading the 2014 Lancet Commission on Culture and Health. He regularly writes for the press and is lead author on a just published …

Virginia Valentine is a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Sage Specialty Care in Albuquerque, NM. As an Advanced Practice Nurse, she provides clinical management and diabetes education for a wide variety of patients and clinical challenges. She is also Scientific Officer and Area Director for PromoLogics Inc., a specialty healthcare marketing agency exclusively focused on Nurse …

Dr. Jaakko Tuomilehto is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Helsinki, Finland and is associated with the Diabetes and Genetic Epidemiology Unit of the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland. He received his medical degree and his MPolSc in psychology, sociology, and statistics from the University of Turku, Finland before acquiring …