Mel Hopper Koppelman has a Licentiate in Acupuncture from the Northern College in Acupuncture and an MSc in Acupuncture from the  University of Central Lancashire, both in the UK. She then went on to found her own clinic and soon after that she became interested in nutrition, which led her to complete a Masters Degree in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine at the University of Western States. Mel is also the executive director of Evidence Based Acupuncture,  a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving public health through better information about acupuncture’s considerable evidence base. She is also a research supervisor and guest lecturer at the Northern College of Acupuncture Masters programme in York, UK.