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Professor and Director
Pennsylvania State University
Dr Gao is Professor in Nutrition at the Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include nutritional epidemiology, neurological diseases (eg, Parkinson disease, cognitive function, and sleep disorders), and global health. He has served as the Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded R01/R21/R03 projects since 2009. He has published more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals and served on several national committees, including Institute of Medicine, American Society for Nutrition, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and Parkinson Study Group. He currently is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Nutrition Journal.