Gilbert R Kaats, PhD, is the Chairman and CEO of Integrative Health Technologies, Inc., a publicly traded company that conducts clinical trials on health-enhancing products and technologies for the health care and nutritional supplement industries. Over the past 20 years, the Center has conducted numerous clinical trials on wide variety of dietary supplements and nutritional products. Grantors have includes studies for some of the largest nutritional and dietary supplement companies in the world, at least one of whom has conducted a 10-year longitudinal trials. Over these 20 years, Dr. Kaats has developed networking relationships with companies and individuals that should enhance his value to a Business Development Company for the Healthcare and Nutrition Industries.
Working with a team of investigators from leading universities and research organizations, the Center has conducted over 40,000 body composition (% fat) and bone density tests using the latest and most accurate scientific technologies. The Research Center’s database now contains body composition measurements from Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) on over 19,000 study participants of all ages from virtually every state in the Union, as well as from five Canadian Provinces.
In addition to his research background, Dr. Kaats also served in the United States Air Force. During his 20-year career, he served on the Presidential Flight as a navigator on Air Force Two and as associate professor and Director of Research at the Air Force Academy. During the Viet Nam conflict, he served a combat crew navigator receiving the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He completed his career on a General Officers staff where he was responsible for the development and supervision of the Air Force’s programs for equal opportunity and treatment, rehabilitation of substance abusers, training of substance abuse counselors, race relations and other behavior modification programs. A highly decorated officer, Dr. Kaats has from the beginning of his Air Force career occupied positions of leadership and management providing him with experiences that can be immediately applied to the business and scientific worlds.
