Appropriate nutritional intervention is essential for growth, development and resilience, preventing diseases and their impacts. Ingested nutrients transit through metabolic pathways influenced by genetics, epigenetics, the microbiome and environmental factors, contributing to heterogeneity in individual needs and responses.
These factors also underlie differences in disease susceptibility and response to therapy. Thus, they have the potential to inform recommendations for different segments of populations in precision health approaches. Precision health combined with spatially resolved data could help the target populations of interventions where resources are limited.
Integration of big data related to genetic, epigenetic, microbiome, lifestyle, and environmental factors is required to expand our understanding of the diversity of human metabolism in response to diet. Based on the need of individuals, agriculture policy could focus on the production of the required foods, and the food industry could provide the necessary food supply. Nutraceuticals and functional foods could play a critical role for the population.
Precision health encompasses utilizing a group or an individual’s characteristics to optimize interventions. It is rapidly gaining traction, largely because of new ‘omics’ tools and consequent insights into the roles of the intestinal microbiome in metabolic and hormonal processes, and their association with diet.
This initiated International Society for Precision Health is based on the global impact to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within the life-related sciences through international activities. We are very pleased to have all international initiators around the world to establish this global society under the support of the United Nations. This society could be the platform to provide available support and real assistance to the request of world health.
Dr. Prof. Chin-Kun Wang
Chair Initiator of International Society for Precision Health
United Nations Goodwill Ambassador
(Listed by the order of country name and then family name)
Diana Bogueva
Research Associate, Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute
Australia
Milen Georgiev
Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Bulgaria
Rotimi Aluko
Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, University of Manitoba
Canada
Benjamin K. Tsang
Director, Reproductive Biology Unit Professor of Obesterics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Canada
Fereidoon Shahidi
Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Canada
Thierry Astruc
Scientist, French's National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment Research (INRAE)
France
Klaus Lange
Professor, University of Regensburg
Germany
Livia Simon-Sarkadi
Professor, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Hungary
Gokare Ravishankar
Professor, Dayananda Sagar Institutions
India
Yaman Elfahmi
Professor, University Center of Excellence for Nutraceuticals, Bandung Institute of Technology
Indonesia
Christofora Hanny Wijaya
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Bogor Agricultural University
Indonesia
Anat Elmann
Professor, Department of Food Sciences,
Agricultural Research Organization
Israel
Ciro Isidoro
Professor, Università del Piemonte Orientale
Italy
Johji Inazawa
Formally Specially Appointed Professor and Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo
Japan
Jun Nishihira
President; Professor, Hokkaido Information University
Japan
Kenji Sato
Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Japan
Petras Rimantas Venskutonis
Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology
Lithuania
Amin Bin Ismail
Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malaysia
Ogugua Aworh
Distinguished Professor, Food Technology, University of Ibadan
Nigeria
Abdel Qader Qawasmeh
Assistant Professor, Hebron University Pharmacy and Medical
Palestine
Lotis Francisco
Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman
Philippines
Katarzyna Świąder
Assistant Professor, Warsaw University of Life Science-SGGW
Poland
Anca Miron
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi
Romania
Mark Shamtsyan
Professor, St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University)
Russia
Richard Khaw
Deputy Director, School of Applied Science Nanyang Polytechnic
Singapore
Thierry Regnier
Professor, Tshwane University of Technology
South Africa
Marc Diederich
Professor, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
South Korea
Yong Sang Song
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology College of Medicine, Seoul National University
South Korea
Young-Joon Surh
Director and Professor, Tumor Microenvironment Global Core Research Center, Seoul National University
South Korea
Sirichai Adisakwattana
Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
Arthr Tsao
CEO,
Standard Foods Corporation
Taiwan
Pin Tang Chang
Chairman, Hen Song Corporation
Taiwan
Shih-Yu Chang
Professor and Dean,
College of Health Care and Management,
Chung Shan Medical University
Taiwan
Wen-Chang Chang
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, National Chiayi University
Taiwan
Hsiang-Shun Chen
Associate Professor, Department of Hospitality Management, Wu Feng University
Taiwan
Jing-Hsien Chen
Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition, Chung Shan Medical University
Taiwan
Kuan-Chen Cheng
Professor, Institute of Food Science & Technology, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Charles Chu
Chairman, Hughes Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Taiwan
Scarlett Ho
Vice President, Youcan Biotech, Taiwan; Mentor of Skydeck Accelerator, Berkeley, CA
Taiwan
Zwe-Ling Kong
Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University, Department of Food Science
Taiwan
Chii-Cherng Liao
Director General, Food Industry Research and Development Institute
Taiwan
Hsin-Tang Lin
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Food Safety, National Chung Hsing University
Taiwan
Patrick C.K. Lo
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Taiwan
Min-Hsiung Pan
Distinguished Professor, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Szu-Chuan Shen
Professor, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs of Nutrition Science, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
You-Cheng Shen
Associate Professor, Department of Health Industry Technology Management. Chung Shan Medical University
Taiwan
Chin-Far Su
President, Nutrisense Co., Ltd., Taipei
Taiwan
Kuan-Pin Su
Vice President,
An Nan Hospital, Tainan
Taiwan
Wen-Lin Tsai
Director,
Central R&D Institute, WEI CHUAN FOODS CORPORATION
Taiwan
Shun-Hsiang Weng
Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, MeiHo University
Taiwan
James Swi-Bea Wu
Honorary Professor, Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Ming-Shiang Wu
Distinguished Professor & Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Gow-Chin Yen
Chair Professor, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University
Taiwan
Mukerrem Betul Yerer-Aycan
Professor of Pharmacology, Erciyes University
Turkey
Cesarettin Alasalvar
Senior Chief Researcher,
TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center - Food Group
Turkey
Nadiya Boyko
Professor, Uzhhorod National University
Ukraine
Debasis Bagchi
Adjunct Professor, Texas Southern University
USA
Danny N. Dhanasekaran
Professor; Associate Director, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
USA
Narain Naidu
Director-General, Mission-COVID - Global Nutrition Healthcare Council
USA
Perry Ng
Deputy Director, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University
USA
Li-Shu Wang
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology Medical College of Wisconsin
USA
Binh Ly Nguyen
Professor, Can Tho University
Vietnam