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Kamal Patel

Co-founder & Director, Examine.com

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Kamal Patel is co-founder and director of Examine.com, an independent database of nutrition and supplement research that takes no advertising or industry money. He holds an MPH and an MBA from Johns Hopkins and is on hiatus from a nutrition PhD on diet and chronic pain. Co-founder Sol Orwell says they met through Patel's writing on managing joint pain.

Kamal hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Kamal co-founded Examine.com, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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What company did Kamal Patel co-found?

Examine.com, the nutrition and supplement research site. Examine's about page, checked September 2026, describes Patel as its cofounder and director, and co-founder Sol Orwell's account on the site's Our Story page calls Patel "my co-founder" and says Orwell co-founded Examine in 2011. The Unconventional RD podcast (2020-12-14) also introduced Patel as co-founder and director.

What is Kamal Patel's role at Examine today?

Director. Examine's about page, checked September 2026, lists him as director at the head of its editors, and his Examine profile page shows him reviewing research updates as recently as December 2025.

How did Kamal Patel and Sol Orwell meet?

According to Orwell on Examine's Our Story page (checked September 2026), both have Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and Orwell found Patel while searching for ways to manage his own joint pain, because Patel was writing about how he managed his. They kept in touch and went on to found Examine.

What is Kamal Patel's research background?

His Examine profile, checked September 2026, says he holds master's degrees in public health and business from Johns Hopkins University, is on hiatus from a PhD in nutrition investigating links between diet and chronic pain, and has published peer-reviewed articles on vitamin D and calcium. The same page notes Men's Health UK recognised him in 2020 as one of the most influential men in health and fitness.

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