About Us

The Texas A&M Agriculture, Food, & Nutrition Evidence Center (Evidence Center) conducts and publishes research synthesis studies that integrate the scientific community’s understanding of the most important issues affecting human health and nutrition, the environment, and the economy. The Evidence Center is designed to ensure that its work is conducted with minimal bias.

Scientific oversight of the Evidence Center is provided by an External Advisory Board comprised of leading experts from around the world in nutrition, health, agriculture, and evidence review and synthesis methods. The board sets our research priorities and ensures that our work is transparent and adheres to the highest scientific and ethical standards.

We are funded by legislative appropriations and commissioned reviews from U.S. and international public health authorities. Any commissioned projects from nonprofit organizations are accepted only after consultation with the External Advisory Board. Members of individual research teams are required to submit relevant disclosures of funding they accepted or research they conducted related to the topic under review covering their entire career.

While our leadership oversees the refinement of research questions and ensures that reviews conform to our mission and standards, the researchers who conduct reviews have full and final authority over research findings and determinations. Study protocols, criteria, and anticipated benefits of reviews are published in advance to bolster transparency and replicability.

We strive to be accessible to the widest range of scientific inquiry. We accept questions posed by national and international public health agencies, policy makers, and academics, as well as members of the public, who can propose research topics by submitting suggestions through our website.