Dr. Renata Micha, RDN, PhD, FAHA is the Executive Director of TheraVita and an Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of Thessaly, as well as Adjunct Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Tufts University (Boston, USA). She is the recipient of the Chanchlani Global Health Award (2026) and a former Chair of the Global Nutrition Report, helping shape how nutrition evidence is translated into action worldwide.

Her work sits at the intersection of nutritional epidemiology, cardiometabolic health, and data-driven decision support. She has designed, coordinated, and contributed to major national and international studies and collaborations that inform clinical guidelines, public policy, and real-world programs, bringing rigorous methods and advanced analytics to deliver decision-grade evidence for governments, health systems, and the industry.

Dr. Micha has led and managed more than $20 million in research funding and has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications with more than 160,000 citations, with an h-index of 79. Her work has appeared in leading journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, BMJ, Circulation, and PLOS Medicine. At TheraVita, she sets the scientific direction and quality standards across projects, ensuring transparent methods, reproducible workflows, and outputs that clients can use with confidence—from strategy through measurable impact.