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Ultralife's Scientific Advisory Board
Even if we think we are eating the right foods, outside influences such
as freshness of produce, pollution, pesticides and the use of preservatives
in foods mean that the quantity and quality of nutrients falls short of
the standards we require for optimum nutrition.
In response to these growing concerns, ultralife assembled a number
of prominent scientists, nutritionists, doctors and herbalists to create
'Ultralife’s Scientific Advisory Board' (USAB). The board was established
to oversee the development of the company’s unique range of products
and to advise on the latest advances in nutritional science and technology.
You can read more about our board members below:
Chairman
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Dr Robert Verkerk BSc, MSc, DIC, PhD
Dr Robert Verkerk has been involved for the last 20 years in sustainable approaches to agriculture, environmental management and health and is an acclaimed international expert in these fields. Between 1983 and 1992, in Australia, he founded and directed a model franchiser company, which pioneered novel ecologically based approaches to pest management, while campaigning successfully against the use of hazardous chemicals in the home, industry and agriculture.
After gaining a Masters Degree (Distinction) and a PhD (1993-95) from Imperial College London, he worked for a further seven years as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at Imperial College. Dr Verkerk has regularly acted as a consultant and advisor to governments and development agencies.
In 2001, he turned his attention to the human health crisis, which research is increasingly showing to be driven to a large extent by inadequate nutrition. Dr Verkerk, founded the Alliance for Natural Health in February 2002, which is helping to positively shape legislation affecting natural therapies. Dr Verkerk is presently Executive Director of the Alliance for Natural Health, Scientific Director of ultralife Ltd and provides consultancy in the agricultural, environmental and human health fields.
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Members
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Dr Damian Downing MBBS, LicAc
Independent advisor to the SAB. Qualified at Guy's Hospital, London in 1972, and worked in hospitals and general practice in London, Leeds and York. After 3 years as a Medical Officer of Health in the Solomon Islands, he established a private practice, focusing on nutritional and alternative therapies. Since 1980 his work has established him as a leading figure in nutritional medicine in the UK. He has undertaken pioneering work in the treatment of allergy, the linking of behavioural disorders with nutrition, light therapy and the treatment of M.E./C.F.S.
In 1984 he co-founded the British Society of Nutritional Medicine with three colleagues and he is still on the committee of its successor, the British Society for Allergy & Nutritional Medicine. Since 1989 he has been first co-editor, now senior editor, of the peer-reviewed Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. He is Director of Nutrition Associates Ltd and practices widely across the country including at the Biolab Medical Unit, Weymouth St, London. He is a medical advisor to the Hyperactive Children's Support Group and to several other charities.
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Stefan Chmelik MRCHM MBAcC DipCHM DipAc ClinAc (Nanjing) CST I/II
Is a highly acclaimed practitioner of herbal medicine and was until recently the Director of the UK Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine. He is also author of the bestselling book Chinese Herbal Secrets: the Key to Total Health (1999), Avery Penguin Putnam.
Stefan is presently CEO of eOn, a company which is set to open London's premier centre of excellence for the practice of integrated medicine, in Bostock St (off Harley St) in London.
Amongst his current posts, Stefan is Clinical Supervisor, Senior lecturer, Course Tutor and Module co-ordinator at the London College of Traditional Acupuncture, Practice Manager of the Medwyn Clinic, an NHS funded acupuncture service, and Director of the Raworth Practice Ltd.
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