Dr. Gena E. Kadar is the Founding dean of both the College of Nutrition and the School of Mental Health at Sonoran University where she established and led the development of four master’s degree programs including the first of its kind degree program for the natural products industry, the online Executive Master of Science in Nutrition Business LeadershipLinks to an external site..

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Kadar has distinguished herself as a leader, clinician, author, educator, bridge-builder, and innovator of practical and evidence-based programs. She has served as a professor, an academic leader, and as a champion of evidence-based integrative medicine. She has also authored a book on nutrition and lifestyle medicine entitled, A Manner of LivingLinks to an external site..

Dr. Kadar serves on several boards and councils. She has been recognized with awards for research, service, leadership, and teaching. She is a graduate of University of New England, Southern California University of Health Sciences, and McGill University with additional studies completed at the University of Salamanca in Spain and the Sorbonne, University of Paris.