Overview
Dr. Church serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Wondr Health. In addition, Church is an adjunct professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Animal Physiology from UC Davis, Church received his Medical Doctorate and Ph.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA. During his preventive medicine residency training, he also obtained a masters degree in Public Health.
Church has over 280 peer-reviewed research publications and has received numerous awards for his research in preventative health. He is frequently used as an expert source for preventative health stories with major national media outlets. As a consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee, Church contributed to their national report published in 2008. He has also co-authored, Move Yourself, The Cooper Clinic Medical Directors Guide to All Healing Benefits of Exercise (Even a Little!).