A broad-based council of external advisors consisting of recognized leaders in the fields of medicine, nutrition science, exercise physiology, public health and food science helps The Beverage Institute leadership identify research needs and areas of opportunity for beverage development. Our advisors provide direction and counsel on research initiatives, help prioritize research projects, provide expert advice on study design and implementations, ingredients and product ideas, and assist in the development and review of expert materials and education programs.
Steven A. Abrams, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
William Alexander, MD
Vice President for Administration and Strategic Management
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Tola Atinmo, PhD
Professor of Nutrition, Dept. of Human Nutrition
College of Medicine
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Nigeria
Centre for Human Nutrition Research
UK Medical Research Council
Cambridge, UK
Junshi Chen, MD
Professor, Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Beijing, China
John Foreyt, PhD
Director, Behavioral Medicine Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Ann Grandjean, EdD, FACN, CNS
Executive Director
The Center for Human Nutrition
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Lluis Serra Majem, MD, PhD
Professor of Preventive Medicine
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria & Barcelona Science Park
Barcelona, Spain
Roxana Valdés-Ramos, DSc
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico
Toluca, Mexico
Yukio Yamori, MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Kyoto University
Director, International Center for Research on Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Collaborating with WHO
Kyoto, Japan
