Michael I Goran, PhD is Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Michael is also Founding Director of the Southern California Center for Chronic Disease Research and Prevention and holds the Dr Robert C and Veronica Atkins Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. He is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK. His research is focused on the impact of infant and childhood nutrition on obesity, metabolic diseases, brain development and overall child health, and has been continuously funded by the NIH for 35+ years, raising $80m in funding, and publishing 450 peer-reviewed articles. He has advised federal agencies on nutrition policy including the FDA, HHS and the State of California, has received numerous research and mentoring awards, is Editor-in-Chief for Pediatric Obesity, and author of “Sugarproof”.