Dr. Lu Qi earned an MS in Nutrition from the Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and an MD from Peking University Health Science Center. He obtained a PhD in Nutrition and Epidemiology from Tufts University. His research focuses on the genetic, nutrition, and biochemical risk factors and gene-environment interactions in relation to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Lu Qi is now the HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and Professor at Tulane University and adjunct professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research interests include nutrition, genetics and epidemiology.