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Published: September 28, 2023

Research, advocacy, education urged to address chronic disease through Food Is Medicine programs

American Heart Association Presidential Advisory calls for building on existing research and implementing cross-sector approaches to Food Is Medicine

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Kevin G.M. Volpp, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA

Kevin G. Volpp, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, director of the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and research lead of the American Heart Association’s Food Is Medicine Initiative with The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Mitchell S.V. Elkind M.D., M.S., FAAN, FAHA

Mitchell S. V. Elkind, M.D., MS, FAHA, FAAN, is American Heart Association Chief Clinical Science Officer and a past president (served as president July 2020 - June 2021). On September 1, 2022, Dr. Elkind took a leave of absence from his position as professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and attending neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY to join the Association in this current role.

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Mitchell S. V. Elkind, M.D., MS, FAHA, FAAN, is American Heart Association Chief Clinical Science Officer and a past president (served as president July 2020 - June 2021). On September 1, 2022, Dr. Elkind took a leave of absence from his position as professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and attending neurologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY to join the Association in this current role.

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Dr. Volpp explains Food Is Medicine

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Dr. Volpp on what it means for patients

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