Beverly Jean Quan Gor, EdD, RD, LD, CDE is Program Director of Community Relations for the Center for Research on Minority Health (CRMH) in the Department of Health Disparities Research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She holds a B. S. in Home Economics, the University of Houston; M.S. in Nutrition and Food Science, Texas Woman’s University; Doctorate in Education in Allied Health Education and Administration, the University of Houston and Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Gor, a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, is past president of the Houston Area Dietetic Association. She co-founded the Asian American Health Coalition of Greater Houston, Inc. Dr. Gor coordinated the first ever comprehensive health survey for Asian Americans in the Greater Houston area. Among her awards are: Distinguished Dietitian of the Houston Area Dietetic Association (2006); Appointee, Health Disparities Task Force for the State of Texas. She has six peer-reviewed journals publications.