Nutrition

Meet the Section Editors

Mei Chung, Tufts University, USA

Dr. Mei Chung is an associate professor at the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine of the Tufts University School of Medicine. She holds a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, an MPH from Boston University. Dr. Chung has more than a decade of experiences in conducting rigorous evidence synthesis across wide ranges of health questions for informing policy or guideline developments. Her research interests focus on applying and advancing systematic review and meta-analytical methods to inform and support developing of evidence-based dietary guidelines and nutrient reference values, and the role of microbiome and DNA methylation in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.

Taylor C. Wallace, PhD, Think Healthy Group, George Mason University, USA

Taylor C. Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, is Principal and CEO at the Think Healthy Group and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at George Mason University. His academic research interests are in the area of nutritional interventions to promote health and prevent the onset of chronic disease. Dr. Wallace has a PhD an MS in Food Science and Nutrition from The Ohio State University and a BS in Food Science from the University of Kentucky. He operates the popular food and nutrition blog, www.DrTaylorWallace.com, is co-host of the weekly radio show, Risky Behavior™️, and a regular guest commentator in the mainstream media, regularly seen on NBC4 Washington and the Dr. Oz Show. He is a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and is the 2015 recipient of the Charles A. Regus Award, given by the American College of Nutrition for original research and innovation in the field of nutrition. Dr. Wallace is a Senior Fellow of the Center for Magnesium Education & Research, the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Dietary Supplements, Deputy Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Section Editor of Annals of Medicine, the editor of six academic textbooks, author of over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and author of the cookbook, Sizzling Science. The Huffington post calls Dr. Taylor Wallace “the nation’s premier food and nutrition guru.”