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Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton
Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, has been on the faculty at Pennsylvania State University since 1979, and has been a Distinguished Professor of Nutrition at Pennsylvania State University since 1996. She is currently a member of The American Dietetic Association, the American Society for Nutrition, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, the Society for Nutrition Education, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, and various American Heart Association Councils, including the AHA Nutrition Committee. In addition, she is on the Board of Women Heart and the National Lipid Association, and serves as President of Shaping America's Health and the Northeast Lipid Association.
Dr. Kris-Etherton has served on many prestigious national committees and review panels including the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee, the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Macronutrients, the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee, NIH's Nutrition Study Section, the National Cholesterol Education Program Second Adult Treatment Panel, the ASCN/AIN Task Force on Trans Fatty Acids, and Women Heart. She has held numerous editorial board appointments, including journals such as The Journal of Clinical Lipidology, Lipids, Current Atherosclerosis Reports, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Journal of Nutrition Education, and International Journal of Sports Nutrition.
Dr. Kris-Etherton has published over 200 scientific papers, 25 book chapters, and co-authored four books. She is the recipient of the Lederle Award for Human Nutrition Research awarded in 1991 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences. In 1998 she was selected for the Foundation Award for Excellence in Research by the American Dietetic Association and became a Fellow in the American Heart Association in 2001. In 2005, she received the Elaine Monsen Research Award from the American Dietetic Association Foundation. In 2007, she received the Marjorie Hulsizer Copher award-the highest award bestowed by the American Dietetic Association-for her contributions to the dietetic profession.
"I am honored to be a part of the MonaVie Scientific Advisory Board. I believe MonaVie has and will continue to set the standard in the nutritional beverage industry in promoting health and wellness among communities all over the world."
—Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton
Dr. Alex Schauss
Dr. Alex Schauss, PhD, FACN, has been the lead scientist in the Natural and Medicinal Products Division of AIBMR Life Sciences, Inc., in Puyallup, Washington, for 27 years. He is Adjunct Research Professor of Botanical Medicine and a former Clinical Professor of Natural Products Research at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Schauss has been a member of the National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine Advisory Council, the Ad Hoc Developmental Planning Committee of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, a reviewer of botanical standards and information monographs for the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Convention, and reviewer for the International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database, maintained through the Food and Nutrition Information Center, National Agricultural Library, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and has represented the United States as a voting member of the World Health Organization's Study Group on Health Promotion.
He is the author or co-author of more than 150 papers or works that have appeared in a wide and diverse range of scientific journals. In 2005, Dr. Schauss received the Linus Pauling Lecture Award "for contributions in the medical sciences" from the American College for the Advancement of Medicine. He is listed in Who's Who in America, American Men and Women of Science, International Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and Who's Who in the World.
"Having studied nutrition for more than 30 years, I have developed a deep appreciation for the immense nutritional value found in acai. I look forward to sharing future findings with you as we continue to learn more about the acai berry and how, as part of the MonaVie brand, it benefits people."
—Dr. Alex Schauss
Dr. Nathan D. Wong
Dr. Nathan D. Wong, PhD, M.P.H., is Professor and Director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine. Dr. Wong is a Fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and the American College of Cardiology.
He has authored or edited more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, as well as three textbooks. Dr. Wong serves on the editorial boards of Preventive Cardiology, Journal of the Cardiometabolic Syndrome, and American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs.
"I've been impressed with MonaVie's commitment to creating beneficial products containing ingredients that are supported by science. The future of MonaVie is bright, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of it."
—Dr. Nathan D. Wong