Kevin C Maki, PhD is the Founder and Chief Scientist for Midwest Biomedical Research (Chicago, Illinois) and MB Clinical Research (Bonita Springs, Florida), divisions of MB Clinical Research and Consulting, LLC. He specializes in the design and conduct of clinical studies in human nutrition, metabolism, and chronic disease risk factor management. Dr Maki is also Adjunct Professor and Dean’s Eminent Scholar in the Department of Applied Health Science at the Indiana University School of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana. He is a Fellow of the National Lipid Association, The Obesity Society, and the American College of Nutrition, as well as a certified Clinical Lipid Specialist. He is past President of the Board of Governors for the Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology and is President-elect of the National Lipid Association. Dr. Maki is also an inaugural member of the Statistical Review Board of the American Society for Nutrition.

Dr. Maki has participated in more than 300 clinical trials and observational studies as an investigator, consultant, or statistician, and published more than 300 scientific papers, books, and book chapters. He earned a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health, and an MS in Preventive and Rehabilitative Cardiovascular Health from Benedictine University.