Dr. Manoj Sharma, MBBS, MS, PH.D., MCHES®, is a public health physician and educator with a medical degree from the University of Delhi and a doctorate in Preventive Medicine (Public Health) from The Ohio State University. In his career, spanning over 35 years, he has trained/taught over 6,000 health professionals. He has designed and taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in health behavior, health education, and health promotion at 13 national and international universities, working full-time or part-time. He has worked and provided leadership for local health departments, state health departments/agencies, federal government agencies, non-profit agencies, professional organizations, and international agencies, including governments of other nations. He has been invited as a keynote presenter at several universities. He is a prolific researcher and, as of May 2025, has published 17 books, over 450 peer-reviewed research articles, and over 500 other publications (h-index 62, i-10 index over 275, and over 22,000 citations) and secured funding for over $10 million. He is ranked in the top one percentile of global scientists from 176 subfields by Elsevier and 0.38% of scientists in the ScholarGPS database. His research interests are in health behavior change interventions, obesity prevention, stress-coping, community-based participatory research/evaluation, and integrative health, including yoga.