Dr. Nicholas J. Gonzalez graduated from Brown University (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude). He worked as a journalist at Time Inc. before pursuing premedical studies at Columbia and medical school at Cornell. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer immunology, and subsequently opened a private practice in New York City in 1987. His research has been funded by various groups, including Procter & Gamble and Nestle. Dr. Gonzalez died at his home in NYC in July 2015.