Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH

Dariush Mozaffarian is a cardiologist, a public health scientist, and one of the world’s leading voices on food and health. His work has shaped how the public, clinicians, industry, and governments understand what we eat and why it matters and has influenced national and global policy. He has authored more than 650 scientific publications, served in numerous advisory roles, and been featured in an array of media outlets. Thomson Reuters named him as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds. He received his education at Stanford, Columbia, and Harvard, served on the faculty at Harvard, and is now at Tufts University. He actively trains as a fourth-degree black belt in tae kwon do and lives with his wife and three children in Massachusetts. Food Is Medicine is his first book.