Dr. Ro
Award-Winning Nutritionist, Fitness Expert, Lecturer, Media Personality, and Author
Rovenia M. Brock, PhD, a.k.a. Dr. Ro, is an award-winning nutritionist, fitness expert, lecturer, media personality, and author of "Dr. Ro’s Ten Secrets to Livin’ Healthy" (Bantam Dell, $6.99).
Dr. Ro earned a BS in Food and Nutrition from Virginia State University; a double master’s degree in Community Nutrition and Broadcast Journalism from Howard University; and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences, also from Howard University.
An articulate and charismatic media pro, Dr. Ro is known and loved by millions of television and radio fans. Currently, Dr. Ro is Nutrition Contributor to NPR, and Nutrition Advisor to The Today Show. She is host of the “Livin’ Healthy with Dr. Ro” series aired on TV One and frequently seen on The Today Show. She hosted Black Entertainment Television’s Heart & Soul, the first-ever national health and fitness television show for African American women, and was the Nutrition Counselor for ABC News’ “Lifetime Live” and the Weekly Nutritionist to NBC’s Morning Show in Washington, DC. Dr. Ro was also Health Expert for the WHUR Adult Mix Morning Show, the leading adult listening radio station in Washington, DC, where she hosted a weekly segment, “Heads Up on Health with Dr. Ro.” In addition, she served as Medical Correspondent for BET News. Dr. Ro was the longtime host of Health Matters, a health and lifestyles program aired on WHUT, Howard University’s PBS station.
Dr. Ro’s column “Eating Healthy with Dr. Ro” appeared for years in Heart & Soul magazine, where she continues to be a Contributing Nutrition Editor. She also wrote the syndicated column “Livin’ Healthy with Dr. Ro,” for BET.com, where she served as Resident Nutrition Expert. She has been featured and quoted widely in print venues, including Ebony, O magazine, Essence, and Self, as well as many major daily newspapers.
A sought-after spokesperson, Dr. Ro has engaged in professional partnerships with Aetna Insurance, American Airlines, Tampax, McDonald’s, Ebony magazine, Equal, Mazola Oils, Delta Sigma Theta, and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Most recently, she was retained as Health and Fitness Expert for the Pantene Total You Tour 2007, for which she partnered with the Coco-Cola Company to inspire over 50,000 women to collectively walk 1 million miles for the year as part of her Make Every Drop Count for a Million Miles and More Challenge.
She has been the recipient of many awards, including The 2004 Dorothy Height SHERO award; the 2002 PhD Alumni of the Year Award from Howard University; the 2002 Women in Medicine Award from the National Medical Association; and awards from such organizations as the March of Dimes, the American Cancer Society, and the American Heart Association. More magazine recently named Dr. Ro as one of the nation’s top five nutritionists.
Her newest endeavor is an entrepreneurial one. As founder of Dr. Ro Lifestyle, Inc., she is creator of her own line of active wear and self-care products for women, including Dr. Ro Gear, Dr. Ro Bath and Body Therapy, and Dr. Ro Nutrition Therapy. In 2005 she opened everything Ro (www.everythingRo.com ), a lifestyle boutique based in Bethesda, MD, where people can come to take care of themselves inside and out. Everything Ro features natural bath and body products, nutritional supplements, aromatherapy candles, and fashion-focused workout gear.
