Manoj Sharma, MBBS, Ph.D., MCHES(r) is a public health physician with a medical degree from the University of Delhi and a doctorate in Preventive Medicine from The Ohio State University. He is licensed to practice medicine and surgery anywhere in India by the Medical Council of India. He is also a master certified health education specialist certified from the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing. He is a certified Kundalini Meditation Master from the Universal Peace Foundation. He is currently a tenured Full Professor in Behavioral & Environmental Health at the Jackson State University in the School of Public Health and President of Health for All, a not-for-profit group devoted to ensuring health, peace and well-being for all people of the world. In his career, spanning over 30 years, he has trained/taught over 6,000 health professionals that include physicians, public health functionaries, health education specialists, dietitians, community health nurses, health care administrators, social workers, health and development workers, allied health professionals and others.

He has designed and taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in health behavior, health education, and health promotion at ten national and international universities working full time or part-time. He has worked for local health departments (City of Columbus, Ohio; Douglas County Health Department, Nebraska; City of Cincinnati Health Department, Ohio etc.); state health departments/agencies (Ohio, Mississippi, Nebraska, etc.); federal government agencies (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- CDC, United States Environmental Protection Agency - USEPA, etc.); invited key note presenter at universities (Chongqing Medical University, China; Lincoln Memorial University; University of Oklahoma); non-profit agencies (American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Charles Drew Health Center, Indian Chicano Health Center, Voluntary Health Association of India, etc.); professional organizations (American Public Health Association, American School Health Association); and international agencies including governments of other nations (European Union, World Health Organization, Swiss Development Corporation, Government of Mongolia, Government of India, Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau (Italy), etc.). His research interests are theory-based (health behavior change interventions, stress-coping, and integrative mind-body interventions.