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Ancel Keys
1904 – 2004The Seven Countries Study put diet at the centre of cardiovascular prevention.
United States·Nutrition · Public Health
Zhu Lian
1909 – 1978Wrote New Acupuncture (1951) and led the state institute that standardised the practice.
China·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Public Health
Denis Burkitt
1911 – 1993Linked dietary fibre to Western disease patterns after describing Burkitt's lymphoma in Uganda.
Ireland·Public Health · Nutrition
Vincent Felitti
b. 1935Co-led the Adverse Childhood Experiences study linking childhood trauma to lifelong disease.
United States·Public Health · Functional Medicine
David Eisenberg
b. 1955His 1993 survey of unconventional therapy use forced US medicine to take the field seriously.
United States·Integrative Medicine · Public Health
Wayne Jonas
b. 1955Directed the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine and built the evidence agenda for whole-person care.
United States·Integrative Medicine · Public Health