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William R. Leonard, Ph.D. Northwestern University William R. Leonard is the Abraham Harris Professor and Chair of Anthropology, and the Director of the Global Health Studies Program at Northwestern University. He has done extensive research on aspects of nutrition, energy expenditure, and child growth among contemporary and prehistoric human populations. He has also drawn on information from human and primate ecology to develop models for examining the evolution of nutritional requirements in our hominid ancestors. These models have provided important insights into the origins of obesity and metabolic diseases among modern human societies. John Morton, M.D. Stanford University Dr. John Morton is Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University serving as Section Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of both Bariatric Surgery and Surgical Quality. He also heads the Minimally Invasive Surgery fellowship and the Stanford Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SCORE) and is Co-Director of the Stanford Digestive Health Center. Scott Wolf, M.D. Aerin Medical Scott Wolf is currently founder and CEO of Aerin Medical, which is developing a novel, non-surgical procedure to dramatically improve nasal breathing in patients with daytime and sleep breathing problems. Scott is a serial device entrepreneur. Among his companies are Zeltig, which markets therapy. Zeltig completed its IPO in 2010. Scott also founded Primaeva, aquired by Syneron Medical (ELOS), which developed and is marketing advice for office based.Scott was also a founder of companies Cardiac Dimensions and Endogastric Solutions.