Myron Wentz

Dave Wentz, author of The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers, is the Chief Executive Officer of USANA Health Sciences, a state-of-the-art manufacturer of nutritional supplements and health products.  He received a Bachelor's degree in bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego. He lives with his wife, Renee, and son, Andrew, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Myron Wentz, author of The Healthy Home: Simple Truths to Protect Your Family From Hidden Household Dangers, holds a Ph.D. in microbiology with a specialty in immunology from the University of Utah.  He founded Gull Laboratories in 1974 and developed the first commercially available diagnostic test for the Epstein-Barr virus.  Later he founded USANA Health Sciences and the Sanoviv Medical Institute.  Honored in June 2007 with the Albert Einstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Life Sciences, he is the author of A Mouth Full of Poison and Invisible Miracles.

In recent years, Dr. Wentz has turned his attention to charitable and humanitarian concerns, founding the Wentz Medical Centre and Laboratory in Uganda and the Wentz Medical Centre in Cambodia, serving children orphaned by diseases such as malaria and HIV. In 2006, Dr. Wentz, was a recipient of the Children's Champion Award, presented by the Children's Hunger Fund.

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