

Bill Harris has a PhD in nutritional biochemistry and has been studying omega-3 fatty acids for the last 45 years. He has 435 peer-reviewed publications and has been the recipient of 8 NIH grants. In 2004, he co-developed an omega-3 blood test called the “Omega-3 Index," and in 2009, he formed OmegaQuant Analytics, LLC, to offer the test to researchers, clinicians, and consumers. In 2020 he created the Fatty Acid Research Institute to accelerate the discovery of relationships between fatty acid and health. He is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota. His scientific impact was recently ranked among the top 2 percent in a survey of scientists worldwide.
