Dr. Rob van Dam’s research focuses on the role of diet and physical activity in preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases in different ethnic groups. He is a Professor of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Epidemiology at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, and an Adjunct Professor of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research is mainly based on large-scale cohort studies integrating reported diet, dietary biomarkers, and biomarkers of intermediate pathways. He has led cohort studies, dietary intervention studies, meta-analyses, and qualitative and quantitative research on cultural and environmental determinants of dietary behaviors and obesity. His research has resulted in 350 peer-reviewed articles, including first or senior author publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, Annals of Intern Medicine, and Circulation (H-index 121).