ALEXANDER G. SCHAUSS, Ph.D., FACN

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN, CEDS, is the Director of Natural and Medicinal Products Research, Life Sciences Division, American Institute for Biosocial and Medical Research, Inc., in Puyallup, Washington. Dr. Schauss is Adjunct Research Professor of Botanical Medicine at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and former Clinical Professor of Natural Products Research at the same institution. He has held academic appointments at other institutions, including: Associate Professor of Research at the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, in Tempe, Arizona; Senior Director of the Southwest College Research Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona; Research Director, Graduate School, City University, Seattle; and, Lecturer in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Bastyr University in Seattle.

Dr. Schauss has been a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) Advisory Council (AMPAC) and the Developmental Planning Committee of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS). He has been an invited reviewer on botanical standards and information monographs for the U.S. Pharmacopoeia Convention (USP).

Dr. Schauss has studied nutrition and botanical medicine for over 30 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (FACN), an Emeritus Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, former Chairman of the Food Policy Council of the National Council for Public Health Policy, an Honorary Founding Member of the British Society of Nutritional Medicine, and a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Food Science and Technology, the Academy of Eating Disorders, and the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals.

He earned his undergraduate and graduate (summa cum laude) degrees, and doctoral degree at the University of New Mexico and, California Coast University in Santa Ana, respectively. He completed post-graduate studies at the University of New Mexico, the University of Washington at Seattle, University of Washington at Tacoma, the University of Puget Sound, in addition to continuing education studies at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and California State University – Fullerton. He is listed in Who's Who in America (44th and 45^th Edition), American Men and Women of Science, International Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, and Who's Who in the World.

He is an author or co-author of more than 100 papers or works, including: Minerals, Trace Elements and Human Health (Life Sciences Press); Uncaria Tomentosa (McGraw Hill); Nutrition and Behavior (McGraw Hill); Anorexia and Bulimia (McGraw Hill); Zinc and Eating Disorders (Keats); Eating for A's (Simon & Schuster); Nutrition and Criminal Behavior (Brain Shuppan, Tokyo); 100 Hints for Successful Weight Management (Biosocial Publications); Orthomolecular Treatment of Criminal Offenders (Parker House, Berkeley); and, Diet, Crime and Delinquency (Life Sciences Press). From 1979 through 1992 he served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Biosocial and Medical Research. As an author or co-author, his papers have appeared in a diverse range of scientific journals and publications, including: Food and Chemical Toxicology, Renal Failure, the International Journal of Neurology, the Journal of Applied Nutrition, Biological Trace Element Research, the Journal for the Advancement of Medicine, Alternative Medicine Review, the International Journal of Integrative Medicine, the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association, Health Counselor, the American Journal of Natural Medicine, the Quarterly Review of Natural Medicine, Nature's Impact, Natural Medicine Journal, in addition to contributing chapters to such works as When Children Invite Child Abuse, The Abusive Partner: An Analysis of Domestic Battering, and The Textbook of Natural Medicine (2^nd Edition, Churchill Livingston: London; 3^rd Edition, Elsevier Science: Amsterdam), the latter on the subjects of optimal nutrient intake levels in humans; the efficacy and safety of fish oils; and, a review of the literature on such novel nootropic agents as citicoline (CDP-choline).

He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows over the last 30 years, including: The Phil Donohue Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Maury Povich Show, That's Incredible, To Tell The Truth, The Home Show, CBC's All Things Considered (Canada), and The CBS Evening News, besides plenary presentations at various international scientific conferences throughout the world.

Dr. Schauss is not employed by Triunity International, nor is he an officer or director of Triunity. Dr, Schauss has a financial interest in the success of sales of both the Feed my Brain Eating to Excel book and the dietary supplement, Feed My Brain. Dr. Schauss is paid a royalty on FMB product sales.