Tim Church, MD, MPH,PhD serves as the chief medical officer of ACAP Health Consulting. 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 master’s degree in public health.
Dr. Church has over 260 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, including: The New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, the London Times, NBC’s Today show, The Washington Post, and many more. 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 authored more than 250 research articles and co-authored, Move Yourself, The Cooper Clinic Medical Director’s Guide to All Healing Benefits of Exercise (Even a Little!).
