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Rob Verkerk PhD is a multi-disciplinary scientist, researcher, educator and regulatory expert with nearly 40 years of experience in the non-profit sector, academia and as a consultant to industry. He has a MSc and PhD from Imperial College London in the field of sustainable agriculture where he continued as a postdoctoral research fellow for a further 7 years, working on projects in Eastern and Southern Africa, as well as Central and South-East Asia.
In 2002, Dr Verkerk founded the non-profit Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) International (anhinternational.org) and has acted as its executive and scientific director since. ANH has been at the forefront of protecting and promoting natural and regenerative health approaches internationally. As of April 2023, after being ANH-USA’s scientific director for 15 years, Dr Verkerk also took on the role as the organization’s executive and scientific director.
Since 2005, Dr Verkerk has been a co-Director and leading regulatory specialist with UK-based ANH Consultancy Ltd, providing scientific and paralegal services for a diverse range of companies, medical doctors and health professionals, working in the natural health and integrative medicine sectors. In July 2004, Dr Verkerk, joined US constitutional attorney Jonathan Emord and ANH International co-director and practitioner, Meleni Aldridge, and established US-based Regulatory Strategies International (RSI), LLC.
Dr Verkerk has authored more than 60 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition (ACN), a member of the International College for Integrative Medicine (ICIM) and is scientific lead to the UK-based integrative cancer care charity, Yes to Life.
Korhan P., Verkerk R. (2017) Scientific rationale for integrative and personalised strategies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma management. Integr Mol Med 4(5): 1-32.
Verkerk R.H. (2010) The paradox of overlapping micronutrient risks and benefits obligates risk/benefit analysis. Toxicology 278(1): 27-38.
Verkerk R.H, Hickey S. (2010) A critique of prevailing approaches to nutrient risk analysis pertaining to food supplements with specific reference to the European Union. Toxicology 278 (1): 17-26.
Verkerk R.H. Can the failing Western medical paradigm be shifted using the principle of sustainability? Journal of the Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine. 2009; 28(3): 4-10.
Hickey S., Downing D., Verkerk R.H.J., Osbourne A., Noriega L.A., Hickey A. (2008) Nutrient risk assessment in a decision theoretic context. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine 17 (3): 184–194.
Verkerk R.H.J. (2003) The European Directives – How they impact innovation in nutritional medicine. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine 13(2): 75-77.
Verkerk, R.H. Exogenous Toxin Sources (Xenobiotics) In: Drisko J (Ed). Integrative Medical Nutrition Therapy: Principles and Practices. Springer [In Press].
Verkerk, R.H. Environmental Toxins. In: Peat, P. (Ed.) The Cancer Revolution: Integrative Medicine – the Future of Medicine. Win-Win Health Intelligence Limited, 2016: London.
Toxic & Hazardous Chemicals Committee[1] (1986) The A-Z of Chemicals in the Home, Total Environment Centre, Sydney, 119pp.
[1]One of a panel of 12 authors and editors.
Verkerk, R.H.J., Aldridge, M., Smith, M., Burne, J. (2018) A Blueprint for Health System Sustainability in the UK. Alliance for Natural Health International, Chilworth, UK. (ISBN 978-1-5272-3217-4)
Verkerk, R.H.J. (2006) The pivotal role for natural products in countering an avian influenza pandemic. Alliance for Natural Health International, Dorking, UK. 63 pp.
Verkerk, R.H.J. (1987) A multidisciplinary analysis of pesticide-related problems in New South Wales. Myer Foundation & Sidney Myer Fund /Total Environment Centre, Sydney, 46pp.
Pollak, J. K, Short, K. & Verkerk, R.H.J. (1985) A critical analysis of five organochlorine pesticides and implications of their use. Total Environment Centre, Sydney, 84pp.